December 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
While gerrymandering is a problem the nation needs to address, recent events reveal Washington’s bipartisan redistricting commission isn’t the perfect replacement for those bad old hyperpartisan legislative practices. Read story
December 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The same week that millions of Americans gathered with family and friends, many of them thankful they could reunite after more than a year apart, a new high-risk coronavirus variant was identified in southern Africa. Named omicron, it threatens to reset the hard-won gains made against the pandemic. Read story
December 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
On Nov. 2, voters rejected County Amendment 10, which would have added a tax for juvenile detention facilities and jails. The measure’s ultimate goal, however, was to fund body cameras for law enforcement. Read story
December 5, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Maybe in retrospect, a half-century from now, as historians look at all the facts, figures and long-term outcomes, we will understand the pandemic crisis, how it got started, what policies worked and whether honesty and science were sometimes set aside. As for right now, did President Joe Biden do the… Read story
December 3, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Why would they do this? Read story
December 2, 2021, 6:01am Columns
President Joe Biden arrived in the White House 10 months ago with two top foreign policy priorities: He wanted to rebuild the alliances his predecessor had trashed, and he wanted to focus on the U.S. competition with China. Read story
December 1, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The subtext of two prominent trials in recent weeks is vigilantism, the questionable notion that the institutions that we depend on — the police, especially — have declined into such impotence that ordinary citizens are called upon to maintain peace and order on their own. Read story
November 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Journalism advocates are distraught that hedge fund Alden Global Capital is making a bid to acquire the Lee Enterprises newspaper chain. Unfortunately there aren’t many options for blocking the merger because limits on media consolidation have been whittled away by conglomerates and willing regulators. Read story
November 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Abraham could have asked for anything. The Make-A-Wish folks stood ready to make a dream come true for the 13-year-old boy, who has aplastic anemia, a life-threatening blood disorder. But Adeola “Abraham” Olagbegi didn’t ask for a PS5 or a day with LeBron James. No, he just wanted to feed… Read story
November 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The White House’s latest effort to tackle the difficult problem of suicide among the military and veterans may be the comprehensive approach that’s sorely needed. Read story
