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Jayne: Bill Russell’s lessons resonate

August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Even after 14 years, the wisdom remains fresh. Pearls such as “There are no ‘other people’s children’ in the United States of America.” Read story

Westneat: No tidal change for Washington

August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns

So much for that rumored big red conservative wave. Read story

Harrop: Letting cats outdoors puts birds at risk

August 5, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Many cat lovers argue that it is cruel to make felines stay indoors. I’m in the opposite camp. Read story

Camden: Assault weapons’ lesson of 1994

August 3, 2022, 6:01am Columns

As a consumer of arguably too much news in print and on various screens, it is a rare day when I’m not confronted by some pundit or talking head who can’t understand why Congress won’t pass a ban on assault weapons when the polls say the vast majority of Americans… Read story

Crisp: A tale of two shootings

August 2, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Consider these two recent shootings: Read story

McManus: Congress must fix flaws in Electoral Count Act

August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Recently, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law that then-President Donald Trump used to try to overturn the 2020 election. Read story

Rubin: No illusions about Putin in Odesa

August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns

If any Western leaders still nurse fantasies about talks with Vladimir Putin over the fate of Ukraine, Russia’s treatment of the historic port city of Odesa proves they are fools. Read story

Other Papers Say: Plan to aid rural schools worthy

August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Modern school buildings support student achievement. But Washington’s reliance on local voter-approved funding for public school building projects has left some students relegated to buildings that are outdated, cramped and potentially unsafe. Read story

Schram: Veterans played as political pawns

August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns

It was 4 in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq, and the first gray-white smoke cloud that would come to be called The Plume wafted skyward and drifted over the… Read story

Estrich: Merrick Garland is getting ready for his close-up

July 31, 2022, 6:01am Columns

The shocking revelations of the Jan. 6 committee, and the news that Vice President Mike Pence’s top aides are testifying before a criminal grand jury investigating the matter, have given new urgency to the question of whether the Justice Department will try to prosecute the former president. Ultimately, that is… Read story