NATIONAL VIEW: A $1 trillion question for the West: How to rebuild shattered Ukraine
Beyond Ukraine’s stunning recent battlefield successes, eight months of war have rendered the country a physical, financial and economic basket case. Millions of refugees...
NATIONAL VIEW: Congress must update Electoral Count Act to prevent another coup attempt
No matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections, Congress should act before the end of this year to safeguard the nation from any...
ESTRICH: More police in school?
Recently, some 500 students walked out of one of Los Angeles’ best known high schools to protest inadequate security at school. The walkout took...
TEXAS VIEW: Circling the wagons is good for electing Texas Republicans, but bad for...
True democracy requires participation. Not just from voters, but from politicians.
But if there’s one thing we’ve learned this political cycle, it’s that too many...
GUEST VIEW: Should we trust the government with our health?
By G. Keith Smith, M.D.
As government is telling us where we can go and how we must behave during the COVID pandemic, we must...
CHAREN: Why are you a patriot?
A few months ago, some marketer got hold of my cellphone number, and I’ve been deluged ever since with text appeals from MAGA world...
TONI SAYS: How to avoid a Medicare Part D penalty
By Toni King
Hello Toni:
I retired in April and had a telemarketing agent help me find a Medicare Supplement which began May 1, 2022. No...
ESTRICH: 17 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit
The year was 1995. Kristine Bunch was a 22-year-old single mother, wrongly arrested and charged and ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. For...
NATIONAL VIEW: 50 years later, the Clean Water Act is under assault
President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse...
LANDGRAF: From the Capitol to the Basin
By State Rep. Brooks Landgraf
As chairman of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation, I scheduled a committee hearing to investigate the proposed EPA regulations...