October 20, 2021, 6:01am Columns
This has been a year marked by terrifying news about climate change: extreme weather, massive wildfires, persistent drought in some areas and catastrophic flooding in others. Read story
October 19, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Here’s how TV news works: What is just an annoyance becomes a concern. A concern turns into a serious worry. And a serious worry is elevated into a crisis. Stoking anxiety is how they keep the public glued. Read story
October 18, 2021, 6:01am Columns
A new report gives the clearest account yet of the extent to which former President Donald Trump attempted to subvert the Justice Department to overthrow a legitimate election. Read story
October 18, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Americans continue to have a dim view of Congress. And for good reason. Read story
October 17, 2021, 6:02am Columns
As you might or might not be aware, this is election season. Election Day is Nov. 2, when results from local races for city councils and school boards and port commissions and a handful of other contests will start rolling in. Read story
October 17, 2021, 6:01am Columns
As compromises go, this one hardly merited the name. Yet even small concessions by Congress’ self-avowed legislative Grim Reaper, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, get attention for their rarity and send politicos and journalists scrambling for explanations. Read story
October 17, 2021, 6:01am Columns
America’s irreplaceable natural treasures got a well-deserved reprieve from peril when President Joe Biden recently restored protections for three national monuments. Read story
October 17, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The symbolism of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize goes far beyond its tribute to Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov, independent journalists fighting for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. “They are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and… Read story
October 17, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Stuart Woolf, a large almond and tomato producer, recently bulldozed 400 acres of almond orchards in central California — about 50,000 trees that under normal conditions would have produced $2.5 million of nuts every year for another decade. It’s a fraction of the 25,000 acres his family farms, but razing… Read story
October 15, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Facebook’s critics have long argued that the social media giant is bad for consumers, bad for children and bad for the country — a serial abuser of its users’ privacy, an amplifier of misinformation and a much-too-handy tool for turning Americans against one another. Read story
