Toward the end of sixth grade, Adrian Kiger Olmstead developed an unquenchable thirst. “I was always asking to be excused from class to get drinks of water,” […]
Opinion
WV CPS struggles with abuse, neglect cases
West Virginia has a legal responsibility to take care of children who are being abused and neglected. State Code 49-1-105 specifically says it is the obligation of […]
D’s, R’s teamed for Sesame Street
By Newton N. Minow Chicago Tribune (TNS) The opening days of the House impeachment inquiry deepened the sharp political divisions that make our country more polarized than […]
Communities across US face water crisis
CRESCO, Iowa – If you come to this rural Iowa town, you’ll learn about a problem that may sound familiar. In The New York Times, for instance, […]
Is Medicare for All healthy?
By Marie Fishpaw The Heritage Foundation (TNS) Think you’ll be better off if Congress outlaws your private health coverage and puts you on a new government-run health […]
Bloomberg, billionaires & self-righteousness
I’d like to personally bop over the head the next Democrat who says that Michael Bloomberg shouldn’t be running for president because he’s a billionaire. Let’s give […]
The cancel culture is toxic
By John Kass Chicago Tribune (TNS) Northwestern University students are still being criticized by woke and unwoke scolds young and old, many of them working journalists, for […]
Learning what is in a bag of sugar
Preparing for Saint Zita’s bake sale last weekend, I added sugar to my shopping list. In a rush, I stopped at Kroger to get some, instead of […]
Advice for climate-conscious: Don’t sweat small stuff
It can be confusing for climate-conscious consumers to sort through the carbon-reduction options out there in search of the ones that can truly make a difference. Even […]
Can’t we just enjoy the movie
I adored the story of Cinderella as a child. The prospect of having a man so in love with me that he’d criss-cross the kingdom searching for […]
