Opinion
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The new American way of getting everything wrong
Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx communism.
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Jay Ambrose: For Biden, the end justifies the means
Evacuating Afghanistan is one thing, but letting the Taliban immediately take over, kill the innocent, destroy rights and oppress is something else. Our allies are aghast, knowing this evil force will align itself with Western adversaries, threaten 9/11-style terrorism and help make egregious world trends persistent realities. Guess what? There were other, safer, more effective,…
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Your view: Report sexual harassment immediately
With schools, colleges and universities beginning the 2021-2022 academic year, I want to let everyone know that there is an organization in existence which focuses their work on trying to stop the social problem of sexual harassment in all parts of our society, including in education.
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John M. Crisp: President Biden should just admit: ‘We blew it’
Joe Biden was probably always going to be a one-term president. His age was a political liability when he defeated Donald Trump in 2020. And given how time works, it will be more so in 2024.
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YOUR VIEW: Give a listen to what Rural Caucus Dems have to offer
Poverty retreating; means to control COVID; and infrastructure coming including connectivity, broadband and cell service (imagine, no more trips to McDonalds or Walmart parking lots for internet); shots in the arm; cash in your pocket; and help for rural schools and hospitals; all through Democrats working for you, for all of us.
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Tyler Cowen: A hawkish approach to Afghanistan wouldn’t have worked, either
As the Taliban seize control of Kabul and indeed all of Afghanistan, it is worth pondering the less obvious lessons of this 20-year episode. It is a reminder of why I cannot bring myself to be a foreign policy hawk, even though I largely accept the hawks’ worldview and underlying values.
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Our View: Infrastructure bill will do much for Pa.; Toomey was wrong to oppose it
In the critical vote over the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, Pennsylvania’s two senators voted perhaps as you would have expected.
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Mark Z. Barabak: He warned democracy was in peril. And that was before the Capitol riot
It’s not as if Tom Mann is happy to say “I told you so.”
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To Your Health: Masks remain in health care settings
It seems the debate over masking has new life.
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Martin Schram: Peer-reviewing Trump
Now is the summer of our discontent — that’s pretty much the way we all felt a year ago, when we were shut down, locked up and trapped in the pandemic summer of 2020.