Bob Neal: The Countryman: Some words we can jettison

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Published
January 29, 2022

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Some words we can jettison

Let's consider the words "expert," "iconic" and "disinformation." All are a) overused, b) misused or c) used to obfuscate. Or all of the above.
Published
January 29, 2022

Rich Lowry: The left’s coming defeat in the mask wars

The late economist Herb Stein famously said, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." Well, masking can't go on forever, but that's not stopping its advocates, who will very likely, when all is said and done, look nearly as foolish as the fierce proponents of school closures earlier in the pandemic.
Published
January 27, 2022

Rich Lowry: The worst European ally

President Biden said that there'd be divisions within NATO over a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine. This is true enough, and the chief cause would be a Germany that is staking a strong claim to be our worst European ally.
Published
January 27, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: For some, white is the default position

Granted, this is not the bigotry of torches and hoods. No, this rhetorical decoupling of “African” and “American,” of Black people from normal human functions, represents “only” the bigotry of the implicit assumption, the things some people believe without consciously knowing they do — much less interrogating why they do. And yet, they do.
Published
January 26, 2022

Cal Thomas: Mitch McConnell deconstructs President Biden

Too many of today's "journalists" sound like shills for the Democratic Party, crafting their questions and writing their stories as if they are channeling that party's talking points and worldview. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did their job for them in his deconstruction of recent remarks by the president. Polls show Biden voters are expressing buyer's remorse. They can be expected to reverse course in November.

Published
January 24, 2022

Patients get better care from female doctors. But sexism persists in medicine.

Women's participation in medicine has soared since the 1970s, and their entry into the field has benefited patients. Female physicians are more likely to follow guidelines, collaborate with specialists and ask patients about social circumstances that may affect their health; they also spend more time with patients.
Published
January 24, 2022

Mascots get a makeover, with less sex appeal and more Gen-Z anxiety

The brand promised "an updated tone of voice that is more inclusive, welcoming, and unifying, while remaining rooted in our signature jester wit and humor."
Published
January 23, 2022

Cal Thomas: A rabbi, a terrorist, and the FBI

If people can't feel safe in their houses of worship, schools and while walking down a street, then we have a problem that is deeper than terrorism and lawlessness. It is a problem of the spirit, which even government can't reach or control.
Published
January 23, 2022

Saul Anuzis: Congress has surrendered America’s war on cancer

In their Build Back Better Act, congressional Democrats have betrayed President Biden's promise. Embedded in this multi-trillion dollar package is a prescription drug price-fixing mechanism, whose effect will be to greatly reduce cancer research and thus hinder the discovery of new cancer treatments.
Published
January 23, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: GOP has zero interest in bipartisanship

It is past time — by almost 15 years and counting — for President Biden and other Democrats to disabuse themselves of the naive notion that the other party still has any interest in helping them govern. If democracy is to be saved, it will be done not with the Republican Party, but despite it. Failure to understand that and strategize accordingly wastes time America does not have.

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