Jamie Beaulieu: Move forward together in wake of crises

We Americans have decided to respond to the last few crises separately. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that meant shoving aside those who’d committed themselves to seeing the American people through the battle between Middle Eastern extremists determined to use terrorist attacks to provoke a war they could use to restructure that region, […]

Daphne Izer: Mandate automatic emergency braking on trucks

The U.S. Senate will soon be voting on a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar surface transportation bill, S. 2016, the Surface Transportation Investment Act. The bill directs the U.S. Department of Transportation to mandate lifesaving technology, automatic emergency braking, on large new trucks. However, due to the influence of the trucking lobby, the bill excludes small and medium […]

Cal Thomas: Penalty for early withdrawal

What did we learn from Vietnam? Obviously nothing because we have repeated history in Afghanistan. There was no “end game,” except to hold off the Taliban, an entity motivated by religious fervor that has no intention of quitting.

John O’Malley: Vaccinations needed to ensure life, work safety

Much has been written recently about vaccinations; some refuse to be vaccinated for numerous reasons. I think they have every right to not get vaccinated, even though they may infect others. The courts have ruled that employers have a right to require employees to be vaccinated to ensure a safe workplace for clients and employees. […]

Cartoon for Friday, July 16

Jon St. Laurent: Elections gamesmanship in Austin

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his majority party state House Republicans ran into a little trouble trying to force passage of draconian Jim Crow reboot voter suppression bills in the regular session, when House Democrats refused to participate and walked out on the last day at the 11th hour. Abbott et al. consider the growing […]

Ellen Field: Shedding light on anti-vaccination propaganda

The states where COVID cases are increasing the most are almost entirely Republican. Why are Republican leaders hurting their supporters with anti-vaccination propaganda? Why did the former president, who suffered from COVID, quietly get vaccinated before he left office? Why did Republicans at CPAC cheer anti-vaccine remarks? Republicans such as Reps. Marjorie Greene and Lauren […]

Cartoon for Thursday, July 15

In rebuttal: Bill Webster: Column missed point on white privilege, systematic racism

Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11) highlighted the significant discrimination and challenges that Franco Americans overcame as they assimilated in our country. This is a history that should not be forgotten for, as Winston Churchill once said, “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to […]

Rich Lowry: The left’s favorite dictatorship is under siege

There is a revolutionary movement afoot in Cuba, one that is courageous, inspiring and — one hopes — truly democratic. It is the ordinary people of Cuba attempting to vindicate their rights against the left’s favorite dictatorship.