Opinion

March 29, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The Defense Department has been roiled by the Donald Trump administration’s desire to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs his administration believes are divisive and unfai...

March 28, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A classic episode of “All in the Family” features Archie Bunker taunting his wife’s liberal cousin, Maude, by denouncing Franklin Delano Roosevelt. As Maude begins to fume, E...

March 28, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Kupuna shouldn’t have to worry medical costs

March 28, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Imagine you’re a senior manager for a company. You and other members of your corporate braintrust, working in different locations, hop on a group text to discuss strategic plans relating...

March 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Some thoughts on being a baby boomer

March 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

One of the best antidotes to polarization is open, respectful dialogue. How can we come together if we aren’t engaging with each other? That’s especially true of our elected offici...

March 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

As America’s capricious trade war rolls on, the European Union may be Washington’s next target. The EU’s instinct to retaliate is understandable — but a tit-for-tat esc...

March 26, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

After years of poor decision-making, the federal government’s $1.64 trillion student loan program is in critical condition. Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious...

March 26, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Big Tech to Republican members of Congress to universities to law firms, President Trump is using bullying intimidation tactics to get his way....

March 26, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Costly eyesore at the municipal golf course

March 25, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

When we moved to a small town several years ago, I was delighted to find that families of ducks and geese lived on the local pond and that a mom-and-pop shop across the street sold little pape...

March 25, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

I don’t know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye. He’s just blown his credibility as a military leader.

March 25, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Personal experiences with USAID workers

March 24, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The Democrats, casting about for an anti-Trump narrative, have found a word: “oligarchy.” It was part of Joe Biden’s farewell address; it’s central to Sen. Bernie Sande...

March 24, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The fight in Federal Judge James Boasberg’s D.C. courtroom over whether President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to summarily fly Venezuelan immigrants to a Salvadora...

March 23, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

‘Embarrassed and disgusted’ by Trump