Opinion
GOP priorities are not pro-life, or pro-Christian
The Republican Party has long branded itself as the pro-life, pro-Christian party. But their legislative priorities fly straight…
Opinion
Comment: $100 billion for ICE just asks for waste, fraud, abuse
It will expand its holding facilities, more than double its agents and ensnare immigrants and citizens alike.
Opinion
Comment: Students can thrive if we lock up their phones
There’s plenty of research proving the value of phone bans. The biggest hurdle has been parents.
Opinion
Dowd: A lesson from amicable Founding Foes Adams and Jefferson
A new exhibit on the two founders has advice as we near the nation’s 250th birthday in the…
Opinion
Comment: RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel turns misinformation into policy
The new CDC panel’s railroading of a decision to pull a flu vaccine foreshadows future unsound decisions.
Opinion
Saunders: Combs’ mixed verdict shows perils of over-charging
Granted, the hip-hop mogul is a dirtbag, but prosecutors reached too far to send him to prison.
Opinion
Comment: Supreme Court’s majority is picking its battles
If a constitutional crisis with Trump must happen, the chief justice wants it on his terms.
Opinion
Brooks: AI can’t help students learn to think; it thinks for them
A new study shows deeper learning for those who wrote essays unassisted by large language models.
Opinion
Comment: Bill Moyers and the power of journalism
His reporting and interviews strengthened democracy by connecting Americans to ideas and each other.
Opinion
Do we have to fix Congress to get them to act on Social Security?
Thanks to The Herald Editorial Board for weighing in (probably not for the first time) on the Social…
Opinion
Editorial: Dire results will follow end of LGBTQ+ crisis line
The Trump administration will end funding for a 988 line that serves youths in the LGBTQ+ community.
Opinion
Comment: Keep county’s public lands in the public’s hands
Now pulled from consideration, the potential sale threatened the county’s resources and environment.
Opinion
Comment: Companies can’t decide when they’ll be good neighbors
Consumers and officials should hold companies accountable for fair policies and fair prices.
Opinion
Comment: State’s new tax on digital sales ads unfair and unwise
Washington’s focus on chasing new tax revenue could drive innovation and the jobs to other states.
Opinion
Forum: Protecting, ensuring our freedoms in uncertain times
Independence means neither blind celebration nor helpless despair; it requires facing the work of democracy.
Opinion
Forum: World peace starts with not firing missiles at each other
If a kindergartner can grasp the inhumanity of violence against innocents, shouldn’t it be clear to us.
