June 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When two flawed presidential candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, met in their high-stakes debate Thursday night, each hoped to pass a test in voters’ eyes. Both failed — but Biden’s stumbles, fairly or not, are likely to cost him more than Trump’s. Read story
June 29, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The mystery of why older voters are polling strongly for Joe Biden is not a mystery at all. True, they tend to be conservative and have traditionally preferred Republican presidential candidates. White voters over 65 voted for Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. The reason these conservative voters appear… Read story
June 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Fifty years ago, my father served as the Republican minority leader in the deep-blue Massachusetts House of Representatives. But during his time in office, he managed to create jobs, protect reproductive rights and author a landmark environmental bill that protects Massachusetts wetlands to this day. (Did I mention he was… Read story
June 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When Dave Reichert, a Republican candidate for governor, was campaigning in Southwest Washington last week, the charged subject of homelessness came up. Read story
June 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Over his half-century career, Anthony Fauci learned what it was like to be both loved and loathed. Read story
June 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Here are three suggestions for a debate that should not even be happening (See Suggestion Three): Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
One of my patients who lives in Diné Bikéyah, the vast Navajo reservation in New Mexico, sleeps in an old Ford pickup truck that often doesn’t start. He has heart failure and relies on oxygen. But since he is without electricity, he spends his nights sneaking into the Walmart parking… Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Humanity is about to turn a major population corner, according to a new estimate. A recent article in the Lancet predicts that by 2030, we’ll no longer be reproducing fast enough to replace ourselves. Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The best oil spill response is doing everything possible to ensure one never happens in the first place. The environmental consequences are severe — and often permanent. Preventing another Exxon Valdez-like disaster, such as that which devastated hundreds of miles of Alaska’s coastline in 1989, must remain a top priority… Read story
June 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I have before me a “traffic summons” from my city’s police department. It features three pictures, two of the back of my car and a close-up of the license plate. Read story
