September 21, 2024, 6:02am Columns
While “energy crisis” is an overused term, recent estimates show the Pacific Northwest could face a 30 percent increase in electricity demand over the next decade. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It shouldn’t take another attempt on Donald Trump’s life to convince the Secret Service that its strategy for protecting the former president is inadequate. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In arguments before the Supreme Court, proponents of affirmative action claimed that the number of Black students admitted to selective colleges and universities would plummet absent affirmative action. Opponents of affirmative action claimed that the number of Asian Americans would increase substantially. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I try to stay optimistic that our institutions, our democracy and our American mixing-bowl experiment are all going to survive the current stress test they’re undergoing. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America’s most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And while Harris would be a reversion toward the mean — after an unfit Trump and an aging Joe Biden… Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The odds are that the more immediate problems the next president will face will not be domestic but international, given the continuation of the bloody, three-year-war in Ukraine and the complex, unstable situation in the Middle East. Read story
September 20, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Scientists surprised themselves when they found they could instruct a version of ChatGPT to gently dissuade people of their beliefs in conspiracy theories — such as notions that COVID-19 was a deliberate attempt at population control or that 9/11 was an inside job. Read story
September 19, 2024, 6:02am Columns
In a U.S. presidential race that features a deeply polarized electorate and a sharp contrast between the two candidates, most voters have known for months which side they are on. Read story
September 17, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Russian disinformation continues to poison U.S. politics via our social media platforms. As the tactics grow more sophisticated, our best defense may be building resilience rather than hoping to eliminate it. Read story
September 16, 2024, 6:02am Columns
Are Americans so angry that they will vote for an undisciplined liar who vows to turn back the clock? Or is the country ready to turn the page on negativity and polarization and take a chance on a new leader promising to bring about change for the middle class? Read story
