by ML Cavanaugh Our Christmas tree has a knee. “A crooked tree for a crooked year” was my sales pitch when we spotted the bent ponderosa pine […]
Opinion
An economist shares thoughts on the coal economy
by Michael J. Hicks I started my academic career in coal country, working in an economic research center at Marshall University in West Virginia. It was exciting […]
Stop dismissing all vaccine skeptics as anti-science
by Kira Ganga Kieffer Infection and death rates caused by COVID-19 are raging, but the rollout of the vaccines brings new hope that the pandemic will end […]
Russian hack is no small thing
by Jay Ambrose This is the 21st century, so far a frightening age, and we’ve just had an act of modernistic war, a hacking attack through which […]
Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps for the modern era
With the coronavirus pandemic having resurrected a Depression-like economic downturn, it may be time for us to consider reviving some Depression-era solutions. Hawaii brought back Franklin D. […]
Supreme Court shouldn’t have punted on Trump’s census order
by Scott Martelle Too soon. That’s the upshot of the Supreme Court’s decision last Friday morning in a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s effort to subtract […]
Record number of journalists imprisoned
by Alan D. Miller A record number of journalists were imprisoned because of their work on your behalf in 2020, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ […]
Joe Biden must bring hospital data back to CDC
With more than 100,000 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized, cases still rising in most states, and health care workers overwhelmed, the U.S. is once again facing a crisis. […]
Times when ‘doing the best we can’ is good enough
by Hoppy Kercheval My time off last week was a staycation, a practical and safe way to spend down time during the pandemic. I kept up with […]
Greatest gift this season: Freedom of religion
by Rob Boston Judging by the diversity of holidays observed this time of year, humans seem to have a need for a communal celebration in early winter. […]
