Rich Lowry: DeSantis is right on African American studies

Columns & Analysis

Published
January 26, 2023

Rich Lowry: DeSantis is right on African American studies

This fight isn't about blocking history or erasing the country's sins but drawing a line between hifalutin political advocacy and thorough, truthful instruction in the American past.
Published
January 26, 2023

Jesse Jackson: DeSantis following Trump’s lead

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is part of the fierce reaction to the civil rights movement and its drive to provide equal justice to all, by correcting the entrenched inequities in our system as they apply to women, gays and lesbians and particularly Blacks and other people of color. Every movement for reconstruction in this country has triggered a reaction — and DeSantis sees political benefit in making himself a leader of that reaction.
Published
January 25, 2023

Cal Thomas: A surprise resignation

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit, and not for the usual reasons of scandal or the all-purpose excuse "to spend more time with my family." In a burst of honesty worthy of emulation by other leaders, Ardern has resigned because she says she has "nothing left in the tank."
Published
January 25, 2023

Froma Harrop: The parties: A view from the suburbs

U.S. Rep. George Santos, it seems, cheated people of all races, ethnicities and religions — and he's going to be top of the news through the 2024 election. That's not good for Republicans in the suburbs, above all, his.
Published
January 23, 2023

Madonna’s upcoming tour will defy society’s limits on female pop stars

One wants her to be as dynamic as she was decades ago. After all, there's a good deal of nostalgia embedded in this tour.

Published
January 23, 2023

Investors risk making a classic portfolio mistake

If there has been a regime shift in which stocks and bonds are more likely to move together than in opposite directions, and inflation proves hard to kill, and investments respond more to war and politics than constructive economic activity, all core portfolios are endangered.
Published
January 22, 2023

Analysis: Maine’s green goals shaded by oil and gas dependence

Maine has bold clean-energy aspirations. This winter shows we’re a long way from kicking our fossil-fuel habit.
Published
January 22, 2023

Clarence Page: Has Biden bungled the border crisis? He’s not alone

We need a more sustainable approach — and lawmakers from both parties who can stop arguing long enough to seriously put it together and pass it.
Published
January 22, 2023

Doug Rawlings: The Doomsday Clock is still ticking

Let us gather together as citizens living in a democracy and take responsibility for how we spend our time. The Doomsday Clock is an excellent way to measure that phenomenon as long as we don't fall into the trap of helpless, hopeless despair.
Published
January 22, 2023

Austin Bay: The Biden classified docs special prosecutor must look for Chinese spies

Special Counsel Robert K. Hur, appointed by the Department of Justice to investigate President Biden's criminality, must expand his investigation to include potential Chinese Communist Party espionage. If Hur fails to do so, he becomes a national security liability.

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