Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Russell was ‘an arrogant Negro’ to the end

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Published
August 4, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Russell was ‘an arrogant Negro’ to the end

It was heartening, though not surprising to see him, in his ninth decade, appear on Twitter, still agitating for freedom. It suggested that, while the things that made Bill Russell an unparalleled athlete eroded with age, the thing that made him an unparalleled man was indestructible. Let that serve as his epitaph.
Published
August 3, 2022

Cal Thomas: Humpty Dumpty and the recession

Democrats have junked the original title of President Biden's "Build Back Better" massive spending plan and rebranded it "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022." Clearly this was in reaction to poll numbers showing the public blames the president and Democrats for the rise in food and gas prices, increased mortgage rates and so much else.
Published
August 1, 2022

History explains why the left is mad over Biden’s student loan relief

A little help, but not for everyone, has been a fundamental part of the federal government's approach to helping Americans go to college since the 1930s. Why? Like most things in Washington, it has always come down to politics.
Published
July 31, 2022

Austin Bay: Put the Pacific into NATO: NAPTO

Beijing's and Moscow's lawlessness and collaborative belligerence threaten all sovereign nations in Europe and Asia. We still have time to respond with a war-deterring diplomatic stroke: extending NATO's Article 5 to committed nations in the Pacific and East Asia who already field NATO-ready military forces.
Published
July 31, 2022

Tim Winkeler: College isn’t for everyone. Vocational careers change lives, too.

I urge people to not overlook the trades. We can never look down on electricians, plumbers or mechanics. To the contrary, our society depends on those hard-working people who make daily life easier.

Published
July 31, 2022

Cal Thomas: To ID, or not to ID?

Congressional Democrats are considering legislation that would provide secure identification cards, not to U.S. citizens for the purpose of voting, but to those who crossed our southern border in violation of our immigration laws, which the Biden administration has mostly refused to enforce.
Published
July 31, 2022

Froma Harrop: Biden is obviously not too old

Pushing 80, President Biden may be slower than he was. Then again, he's not a contestant on "Jeopardy." A president needs a deep well of knowledge and good people to handle the details. Biden seems to have both.
Published
July 31, 2022

Why monarch butterflies, now endangered, are on the ‘edge of collapse’

The endangerment declaration focused on the migratory monarchs of North America, and did not include more stationary populations in southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean.
Published
July 30, 2022

Rich Lowry: The joy of 61

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge remains on pace to match or eclipse the single season home-run mark set by Roger Maris in 1961.
Published
July 30, 2022

Froma Harrop: Trees can help beat the heat

Certainly, multibillion-dollar things can be done to insulate buildings and retrofit the urban infrastructure to absorb less heat. But trees cost so little, do not require new technology and look nice, too.

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