Commentary: Night shifts are deadly, not just inconvenient
Lynne Peeples During his 26 years as a night-shift nurse, Ed Collum watched colleagues nod off mid-conversation, battle chronic illnesses, and, too often, die young... Read more.
Commentary: The cost of the Iran war isn’t just measured in bombs
Robert Cropf A farmer in Ames, Iowa, pulls up to a gas station and stares in shock at the numbers on the pump. The price of fuel has jumped sharply since the outbreak... Read more.
Commentary: Food is medicine. Historic concept needs expansion.
Daylan Dufelmeier and Bobby Smith If the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. In the field of healthcare, and specifically regarding... Read more.
Commentary: Greenspan’s bailout legacy is Warsh’s straitjacket
Peter St. Onge and E.J. Antoni Eulogies tend to laud the departed, not criticize them, so it’s no surprise that the death of Alan Greenspan, the former Federal... Read more.
Commentary: Homelessness just declined in the U.S. Trump’s plans will take us backward.
Ann Oliva In June, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finally released the long-awaited homelessness numbers for 2025, revealing a 3.3% decrease... Read more.
Commentary: This July 4, let us rededicate ourselves to protecting our elections
Don Palmer America has much to celebrate this July 4, but also much to do. Even after 250 years, the task of conserving the Republic given to us by our Founding... Read more.
Commentary: Making the choice for freedom
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca After the 1787 Constitutional Convention, American socialite Elizabeth Willing Powell asked Benjamin Franklin whether the founding leaders... Read more.
Commentary: It’s time for a constitutional amendment to protect the right to vote
Dick Durbin Do you know where your original birth certificate is? If you’re lucky, you might track it down after rummaging through that box in your closet. But... Read more.
Commentary: Social Security and Medicare’s insolvency dates don’t matter. Insolvency does.
Charles Blahous To no one’s surprise, the newly released 2026 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports paint a dire picture. Social Security’s combined... Read more.
Sylvia Ghazarian: Freedom for some is not freedom at all
Every June and July, America celebrates two defining ideas of freedom. On Juneteenth, we commemorate June 19, 1865, the day enslaved Black Americans in Texas were... Read more.