Leonard Pitts Jr.: Democracy’s on the ballot

Columns & Analysis

Published
November 6, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Democracy’s on the ballot

Ultimately, you see, this is not an election about inflation, crime or even abortion. It’s an election about the future. And whether America is going to have one.
Published
November 5, 2022

Froma Harrop: The republic will survive drag queens

Parents who want to bring their children and themselves to drag queen reading hours should have every right to do so. Those who don't like these events don't have to go.
Published
November 5, 2022

Anya Fetcher: With federal protections under threat, Maine needs to be ready to safeguard our waters

As we celebrate 50 years of progress due to the Clean Water Act’s effectiveness, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that could cripple it. In Sackett v. EPA ... a radical opponent of clean water is seeking to withdraw the act’s longstanding protections for roughly half the nation’s streams and wetlands. In Maine, more than 206 miles of streams could lose protections.
Published
November 3, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: What did they do with their humanity?

One is tempted to say that in your response to last Friday morning’s attack on Paul Pelosi, many of you on the political right have hit rock bottom. But you lot have a knack for excavating depths that would make the Mole Man think twice, so let’s just content ourselves with saying that you’ve struck a new low.
Published
November 3, 2022

Rich Lowry: No, democracy is not on the ballot

If there were a literal referendum on democracy, it'd pass handily. As it is, though, no one is going to be convinced to vote for down-the-line Biden-supporting progressives, with all their fevered obsessions, because hypocritical, self-interested partisans say it's what we owe to our republic.

Published
November 2, 2022

Cal Thomas: Last man no longer standing

Lewis, also known as "Killer," was preceded in death by Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. There is a classic picture of the four of them taken at Sun Studio in Memphis in December 1956. They were dubbed "The Million Dollar Quartet."
Published
October 31, 2022

U.S. sees migrant children as a problem. But once it welcomed them.

Presently, migrant children are rendered invisible and relegated to the status of a national problem rather than an opportunity — but so were many "Pedro Pans," at least initially. However, that cohort grew into a catalogue of success stories, aided by federal and state assistance and everyday American altruism.
Published
October 31, 2022

Yes, out-of-town trick-or-treaters want what you have — for a night

Thanks to the pandemic, every teen is officially two years younger, because they missed at least a couple of Halloweens, okay?
Published
October 30, 2022

Cal Thomas: Cheating the children

While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress.
Published
October 30, 2022

Austin Bay: Xi Jinping’s face assassination of Hu Jintao is a strategic warning for America

Revving China's economy isn't Xi's game. War is Xi's aim, a war to seize Taiwan that leads to a big one with the U.S. As Xi calculates, given the Biden administration's haplessness, the war ends in a stalemate. With American weakness exposed, America's Asian allies kowtow to Beijing and Xi's China reigns preeminent in east Asia.

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