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Tue, October 3, 2023 | 19:57

Why is Biden risking an early loss to RFK Jr.?

Democrats are struggling with the consequences of their decision to reorder the party's presidential nomination calendar next year. The truth is, their worries are mainly symptoms of the fact that the party is on its way to renominating a president who hasn't been popular for the last two years.

2023-07-10 16:00

Frumpy Mom: When people won't stop talking at a concert

Buried somewhere in my garage is a cattle prod that I inherited from my late father, who was a cattle rancher in Colorado.

2023-07-09 16:00

If we want climate-friendly food, we should support young farmers

While Beyonce's Renaissance Tour may be capturing our collective attention at the moment, there's an admittedly less compelling event on stage in 2023: the Farm Bill. By some accounts a dusty relic of the New Deal Era, the Farm Bill contains billions of dollars for anti-hunger and agricultural programs. And it may be one of our best tools for addressing the climate crises. Ad...

2023-07-06 16:00

Lin Wood, outspoken Trump defender and libel lawyer, gives up law license

From Richard Jewell to Donald Trump, Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood represented some of the highest-profile figures of his day.

2023-07-06 15:40

History shows Israel's military strength may be its weakness

The last time that I visited the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, was almost 20 years ago. In a camp outside Bethlehem a delightful 31-year-old woman named Hanavi Ramban, mother of five children, said to me: “A Palestinian state is the only hope for us the refugees, who have been waiting 50 years for it. Someone like you can come here and write about it, but you cann...

2023-07-05 16:00

Chicago's haze from wildfire smoke underscores the need for better forest management

As Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Windy City earned the unwelcome distinction of having the “worst air quality of any major city in the world,” according to federal Air Quality Index readings. Authorities issued warnings instructing residents to stay indoors if possible or don masks if they had to be outside. As Chicagoans looked out t...

2023-07-04 16:00

Move to keep 'obscene' books from children

Artists painted faces and created balloon animals. A food truck sold tacos. Kids ambled past bookshelves until something piqued their interest, then stopped to read. Families lined up for live performances.

2023-07-03 16:10

Re-affirmative Action - now more than ever

On Wednesday in the nation's capital, officials at all levels were busily working on official papers that would have a lot to do with Jaylin Osborne's hopes and dreams for a bright future in college and beyond.

2023-07-02 16:35

Blinken's role in US-China relations

When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken went to Beijing last week to try to repair the frayed relationship between the United States and China, both sides kept expectations low.

2023-06-29 16:00

Wagner Group's coup attempt may be over, but it shows a real crack in Putin's power

Like many people, I was glued to the news for much of Saturday, watching what seemed, at least for a moment, to be the first stages of a coup d'etat - and it still might be. The only thing we know for certain is that if this is the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin's rule, that story won't begin with the mutinous mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin leading an armored col...

2023-06-29 15:40

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