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Fri, January 3, 2025 | 06:00

Republicans rewrite the history of Jan. 6

In the four years since mobs of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have waged an incessant campaign to rewrite the history of one of the most shameful events in modern American history.

2025-01-02 15:09

Black spatula saga shows the danger of hyping science

Recently, a bungled health warning over black plastic spatulas didn’t help faltering trust in science.

2025-01-01 10:29

Jimmy Carter worked tirelessly to eradicate a deadly parasite in Africa

Jimmy Carter was a president, a peacemaker, a public health champion - and my friend.

2024-12-31 10:10

Politicians use inflation to target the American way of life

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed - blame the politicians who control the money supply.

2024-12-31 10:09

Our enduring love of Ernest Shackleton exposes false ideas of leadership

It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish explorer’s lost ship.

2024-12-30 13:27

For Jimmy Carter, the presidency was prologue

He left office in a stunning landslide defeat after a single term as the nation’s 39th president. But Jimmy Carter wasn’t done yet.

2024-12-30 13:27

Domino theory of norms spells doom for US politics

The habits of liberal democracy are self-sustaining only up to a point. The norms of orderly government have to be practiced to retain wide support. Once questioned, they’re at risk of breaking. For the past few years, the U.S. has been finding out just how fragile these norms can be.

2024-12-29 12:28

The free press & the NYPD - The Daily News and others exposed the cop overtime scandal

Donald Trump complaining about critical coverage says that “we have to straighten out the press. Our press is very corrupt” as though the government will be correcting the press. He has it exactly backward, as it is the free press that corrects and straightens out corrupt government.

2024-12-29 12:27

Federal anti-hazing law would help save lives

Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez lost their 19-year-old son in 2019. And like many parents who have had that experience, they vowed to keep his memory alive. The Bellevue couple used the enormous personal tragedy of their son's death to help thousands of others.

2024-12-26 13:54

The real cost of the anti-college narrative for Black and brown students

Across the country, a growing anti-college sentiment has been gaining momentum, positioning itself as an inclusive alternative to traditional views of success.

2024-12-26 13:54

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