Facts from real experts, not more militancy, is what we need. Avoid believing a “scientific consensus” on climate change.
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: A hope for the future after us
The kids who played basketball in Portland and the kids who sang and played instruments in Decorah thrive. But we are failing millions, literally, of others.
Froma Harrop: What happens if anti-vaxxers just face the consequences?
Measles used to kill up to 500 people a year, while polio left more than 15,000 paralyzed. Parts of America that stop requiring vaccinations will be turning their clocks back to an unhappy past.
Cal Thomas: A disappointing non-debate
The public needs to know the inner workings of a politician’s heart and soul beyond studied right-left talking points. Last week’s so-called “debate” between Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom failed to deliver.
Clarence Page: Coming to terms with Henry Kissinger’s legacy — it’s complicated
In the end, coming to terms with Kissinger’s legacy means choosing: Should morality have any bearing on how a world power behaves in bare-knuckled global affairs? How you decide that question likely will determine how you view Henry Kissinger.
A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.
Carriers and local officials say mail service has been disrupted in rural communities from Portland, Maine, to Washington state’s San Juan Islands.
Clarence Page: GOP does its best to show us how to normalize an insurrection
It took barely more than a nanosecond for former President Donald Trump and his allies to pounce on the new Capitol assault evidence and touch off a new wave of conspiracy theories, most of which appear to be a rehash of the old evidence in a feeble attempt to promote an alternative history.
Austin Bay: The Shell Crisis of 2023: Artillery munition shortages undermine Ukraine and Israel war efforts
The Free World Shell Crisis has embarrassing but instructive echoes of 1915 that ignorant politicians will ignore but wise leaders will heed.
Cal Thomas: We’ve seen this ‘film’ before
How many times must we see this plot repeated and not recognize it for what it is: terrorists kill innocent Israelis, including women and children, and after a while much of the world begins to suggest it’s the fault of the victims. If only there were no Jews. If only Israel didn’t exist seems to be their line.
Sen. Jeff Timberlake: OCFS must get it right. If it doesn’t, children die
The deaths of several children within weeks of each other in the summer of 2021 raised alarm bells when it was discovered they had some involvement with the agency. It was obvious that something was wrong within the department.