Froma Harrop: For Republicans, it’s 3 a.m. in an after-hours bar

Columns & Analysis

Published
February 10, 2023

Froma Harrop: For Republicans, it’s 3 a.m. in an after-hours bar

The people are wasted, hollering about their "enemies," some working to repurpose their bad behavior into grifting opportunities.
Published
February 9, 2023

Clarence Page: College Board AP course tests our racial politics, too

Florida state officials announced in January that they had rejected the course because of six areas of concern — “Black Queer Studies,” “Intersectionality,” “Movement for Black Lives,” “Black Feminist Literary Thought,” “The Reparations Movement” and “Black Struggle in the 21st Century.”
Published
February 9, 2023

Rich Lowry: No, slavery didn’t create capitalism

If slavery was the basis of capitalism, one wonders, why did the capitalist North dare wage a war to destroy the seedbed of its own prosperity? Why didn't the region that was the great source of capitalism win the war based on its superior economic wherewithal rather than getting ground down by a more financially proficient and productive North? Finally, how did American capitalism survive the end of chattel slavery?
Published
February 8, 2023

Cal Thomas: Trial balloons

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes data from the balloon, which flew over U.S. missile silos in Montana, was likely transmitted back to China. Speculating about bringing it down, assuming it came down in one piece, he said, "We will know how they transmitted it and what band of energy they were using to transmit it."
Published
February 6, 2023

Free COVID care will be gone soon. Should you worry?

The people most directly impacted will be the uninsured and those who treat them, says Lindsay F. Wiley, a professor of law and Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Program at the UCLA School of Law.

Published
February 6, 2023

Mapping the world, one centimeter at a time

It's hugely irritating when Google Maps gets thrown off in dense areas, or when it sends you in all sorts of directions and doesn't recognize U-turns.
Published
February 6, 2023

Beware ChatGPT trying to teach your kids math … or anything

When I asked Julien Cornebise, an honorary professor of computer science at University College London, if he would ever trust it as a homework tool, he replied, "Absolutely not, not yet."
Published
February 5, 2023

Froma Harrop: Why not Pete Buttigieg?

Like President Biden, Buttigieg connects with voters. He could be the Democrats' presidential candidate. Or, as a replacement for not-much-loved Vice President Kamala Harris, he could strengthen Biden's quest for a second term.
Published
February 5, 2023

Saul Anuzis: GOP House opens the door for real prescription drug reform

The new Congress has a chance to notch a major victory for average Americans by going after the real source of high prescription drug costs in this country: middlemen companies known as pharmacy benefit managers.
Published
February 5, 2023

Melissa Rockwood: The Washburn Norlands: Point of pride and pride of place

As stewards of the historical Washburn Family property and legacy in Livermore, the Washburn Norlands Foundation Board of Trustees posted to the website late last year that $3 million would need to be raised by March 2023 to sustain the foundation. I determined that this was the volunteer experience I’d been searching for — to compel readers to understand the need to rally to this cause.

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