Alex Lear: 4 brothers reunited: The Beatles story ends as it began

Learics: John, Paul, George and Ringo began together, changed the world of pop music forever and blessed countless lives, then arced out apart on their own lives’ trajectories. Now they end together, in one final song.

Cal Thomas: Virginia, Ohio and abortion

Elections, especially in Virginia and Ohio, should convince pro-life Republicans of their need to come up with a different strategy when it comes to abortion. A no-exceptions mandate, or strictly limiting the procedure, isn’t working, in part because a new generation of younger people seem less predisposed to curtailing it.

Austin Bay: Time to strike ayatollah Iran?

Why let Iran set the battle conditions and force Israel to expend defensive munitions? The alternative: Attack the enemy that empowers Hamas. Iran.

Froma Harrop: Schools should drop the obsession with gender identity

Let’s make a deal. American parents stop harassing schools over library books that deal sympathetically with differences in sexual preference. And America’s schools stop withholding information about a student’s said preference from the parents.

Andrew Watson: A thank you from Maine

Oftentimes, we may think our thoughts and prayers are fruitless, but the sentiment and efforts you expressed had real impact. You buffered the pain and eased the burden.

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Norm Gellatly: Culture largely to blame for ‘our failing schools’

One hears or reads it quite often: ” … our failing schools … .” Two things bother me about the brief generalization. First, seldom is there elaboration surrounding this stark assertion. The other is the implication that teachers and administrators are to blame for the acknowledged rather dismal state of public education. I think they […]

First Universalist Church of Auburn board: Antisemitism, Islamophobia must stop

We, the board of directors of the First Universalist Church of Auburn, Unitarian Universalist, condemn the recent incidences of antisemitism and Islamophobia that have taken place across the country and around the world. We express solidarity with our Jewish and Muslim friends who are feeling especially vulnerable at this time. We reaffirm the hope and […]

Froma Harrop: Time to face political truths on immigration

The need now is to modernize the asylum program so it can quickly adjudicate claims. Thing is, you need two parties to fix it, and until just a few weeks ago, a collapsed Republican caucus couldn’t get its act together to even elect a House speaker.

Rich Lowry: The kidnapped posters aren’t an affront

There’s an ongoing struggle in our streets over whether it’s legitimate to post flyers about people kidnapped in the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, or this is a provocation that warrants the posters being torn down.