If you’re rethinking going to college, think again
Social critics, editorial writers and authors are pleading these days for an end to America’s long emphasis on completing four years of college. They have a point. My father had nothing more than a two-year junior college degree when he turned writing skills learned in the Army into a middle-class life that included bachelor’s degrees for both of his sons.
Christian nationalism’s legacy of hate
For three years, from the ages of 13 to 15, I attended an evangelical Christian summer camp in Wears Valley, Tennessee. Billed as an adventure camp (it included activities such as archery and river tubing), this was the first place where I was exposed to an ideology that would later become known as “Trumpism.”
Get to the root of the migrant crisis
If you care about the migrant crisis, you need to understand what’s happening to Indigenous people and the environment in Central America. Displacement is surging as hurricanes including Helene and Milton intensify due to climate change. Climate refugees, many of them Indigenous, continue arriving in the United States daily.
Here’s why Chicago teachers are suing their own union
The Chicago Teachers Union, representing more than 25,000 educators, touts itself as “the most democratic institution devoted to this city’s schools.” But for more than four years, the CTU has failed to publish mandatory audited financial reports, an obligation intended to maintain transparency and trust between CTU leadership and its members.
President Vance? Brace yourself for it. Trump is already deteriorating
Get ready for President JD Vance.
Democrats strategize to block Trump from taking Oval Office
Hypocritical Democrats are quietly girding and strategizing for a post-election court fight to block Donald Trump from taking office and refusing to fully commit to certifying the election in the event of a Republican win.
A call for a shared vision in health care on Hawaii Island
On Oct. 10, Community First Hawaii hosted its 2nd annual Hawaii Island Health Care Conference, uniting over 300 attendees — including government officials, health care providers, social service professionals and community leaders — to forge a unified vision for health care on our island. This event served as a crucial platform to discuss our unique challenges and explore innovative, collaborative solutions aimed at transforming the health care landscape in Hawaii.
Lies upon lies: Trump’s biggest falsehoods can’t be settled by defamation cases
The Central Park Five, whose harrowing ordeal is known to most, are suing Donald Trump for claiming, during his debate with Kamala Harris, that they had pleaded guilty to the 1989 rape of a white jogger in the park, who Trump also claimed, falsely, had died.
Inflation artificially pumps up the stock market
Americans can readily see the effects of record-high inflation every time they shop. Prices have soared, from the grocery store to the gas pumps, and although inflation has cooled, families are still feeling the pinch. And the harm doesn’t end there: Inflation is also making stock markets appear stronger than they really are and cutting into returns for everyone, including those with retirement accounts.
The ‘sanewashing’ of Trump
We’re less than two weeks away from Election Day, and Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are sprinting from state to state in the race to the White House. However, increasing reports suggest Trump has been canceling some of his campaign events, with some critics attributing the decisions to fatigue and concerns about age.
Trump’s tariff plan would be a disaster
Donald Trump, the former president, has proposed a 60% tariff on Chinese goods as part of his reelection campaign. It may sound like a show of strength, but it risks plunging the U.S. economy into deep trouble.
That time Kamala Harris came for San Francisco’s guns
If the current media narrative is to be believed, Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t interested in taking away anyone’s guns. She just wants reasonable, common-sense gun control. She is, after all, a gun owner herself, isn’t she?
Time to pass a federal shield law
Forty-nine states, including Nevada, have enacted some version of a “shield law,” preventing the government from forcing reporters to reveal their notes or sources. It’s well past time that the folks inside the Beltway followed suit.
Trump’s critics could learn from Joe Welch, who confronted Joseph McCarthy
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
What another year of hoping for the Mets gave to me
If you’re a sports fan, maybe you can relate: All my life, I’ve had a team. All my life, I’ve followed the New York Mets. I read Mets blogs, follow Mets social media. I obsessively follow Mets games. My team gives my life drama without consequences — a swelling sense of well-being when they are good, the glorious highs of a comeback win, the occasional moments of crushing despair and, because they are the Mets, long decades of languishing mediocrity.
Menopausal women have a lot at stake in this election
Perhaps you’ve heard: Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Drew Barrymore have begun speaking out about coping with symptoms and self-worth. Halle Berry shouted from the steps of the Capitol: “I’m in menopause, OK?!”
Trump’s Bibles bring NIL scheme to politics
Bible salesmen are synonymous in American culture with hucksterism.
Yahya Sinwar’s legacy of murder: Hamas leader caused the death of many, including himself
Yahya Sinwar died in the rubble of a wrecked building in the wrecked city of Rafah in the wrecked Gaza Strip, where he ruled as Hamas chieftain and launched the horrific Oct. 7 pogrom on Israel.
A second Trump term would cement a Supreme Court revolution
The 2016 presidential election turned out to be pivotal for the Supreme Court. Donald Trump’s presidency led to his appointment of three justices, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the launch of a conservative constitutional revolution. Had Hillary Clinton been elected, liberals would have achieved a genuine majority on the court for the first time since the 1960s.
Harris-Biden again embolden Iran’s proxy terrorists
The White House raised the spirits of Hamas terrorists this week by publicly rebuking Israel. It’s the same tired tune from the Harris-Biden administration.