by Jacob M. Appel As an emergency room physician, I was fortunate to receive my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine within days of its approval. […]
Opinion
Coal country can be saved. Coal cannot
by Froma Harrop As we stumble through the twilight of the Trump era, let us devote a moment to an actual issue. Let us briefly visit Donald […]
Trump allies paid to lobby for pardons
At the time of this writing, President Trump is expected to grant up to 100 pardon/commutation/clemency requests before his term officially expires at noon. The related claim […]
Not yours? Don’t mess with it
Based on the damage done to White Park recently (DP-01-19-21), where unauthorized mountain bike trails and obstacles were created, we think some local residents missed out on […]
Trump was a man of many horrors. But he wasn’t Black
by Leonard Pitts Jr. As the Trump administration stumbles through its final hours, it seems a proper time to offer a summation of the era just past. […]
If Trump wrote that letter to Biden …
by Christopher Borrelli A peaceful transition of power. What a nice set of words to describe what was once a fair assumption. The sky is blue, the […]
The world doesn’t change overnight, but we’re hopeful
At noon Wednesday, a new era officially begins as former Vice President Joe Biden is sworn in as the president of the United States. There are certainly […]
MLK Jr.’s legacy of nonviolent protest
by Dahleen Glanton On his last birthday in 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had breakfast with his family and then headed to his church to […]
For President Donald Trump: What might have been
by Cal Thomas “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’ ” — John Greenleaf Whittier There are many […]
Climate change still greatest crisis
As the nation deals with the tragic drama of President Donald Trump’s final days in office, and the world reels under a now-yearlong assault by a virus, […]