Elliott Epstein: People like us need a helping hand

Columns & Analysis

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February 5, 2023

Elliott Epstein: People like us need a helping hand

These people who can’t afford shelter represent a challenge to the American belief that ours is a prosperous and humane society.
Published
February 5, 2023

Austin Bay: Ukraine’s nation in arms: The unexpected near-peer war

Russia's juggernaut has become a trench army confronting a warrior state backed by wealthy allies providing weapons that work.
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February 5, 2023

Cal Thomas: Misplaced faith in big government

The real problem is that too many Americans have come to rely on the government for what it was never created to do and less on themselves. Part of this is an outgrowth of the “entitlement mentality” that has turned government from a last resort to a first resource.
Published
February 5, 2023

Rich Lowry: Trump’s futile attack on DeSantis

His early attacks on the COVID-19 record of Ron DeSantis show that he knows the Florida governor has outflanked him on the populist right — indeed, outflanked him in general — regarding one of the most central issues of the last couple of years.
Published
February 4, 2023

Angela Craddock and Michael Rocque: Lobstermen’s reprieve from new federal regulations is a welcome development

The past few months have been a tumultuous time for Maine’s lobster fishing industry, with new regulations looming and “red listing” of lobster by a watchdog group.

Published
February 4, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: What comes next for the news media?

Times have seldom been harder for the traditional news media. The question is whether they will find a new path or fade into obscurity. Either outcome is possible.
Published
February 3, 2023

Froma Harrop: Social Security on the cutting block?

Republicans have launched attacks on Social Security over the decades. Even though nearly every dollar paid out derives from contributions by workers and their employers, Republicans like to treat it as welfare.
Published
February 1, 2023

Rich Lowry: Memphis is not about racism

The left elevates race above all the other factors that might play into a police encounter gone horribly wrong, because the racial interpretation allows it to make a broader critique of American society and force wide-ranging political and social changes.
Published
February 1, 2023

Cal Thomas: Inhumanity in Memphis

From what the video shows there was no justification for what happened to Tyre Nichols. Neither is there any justification for violent behavior in reaction to it, which changes and improves nothing.
Published
January 31, 2023

Clarence Page: Can Black History Month survive Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ politics?

After Republican Glenn Youngkin’s long-shot victory in Virginia’s governor’s race in 2021 after campaigning heavily against “critical race theory,” a line of study not taught in public schools, Republicans and other conservatives have weaponized the term to blast any lessons on race, gender and identity that they don’t like as liberal “indoctrination.”

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