Rubin: Trump offers sticks for Ukraine and all carrots for Russia
Trudy Rubin Do not mistake the results of Tuesday’s phone call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for progress toward peace in Ukraine. Instead,... Read more.
Oney: NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
Steve Oney In February, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency put the nation’s public radio network on notice. “Defund NPR,” he wrote on X.... Read more.
Hochschartner: Be like Rick Blaine from ‘Casablanca’
Jon Hochschartner I recently made my way through Maurice Isserman’s Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. The book provides a nuanced history of the Communist... Read more.
DePetris: Is Trump actually interested in talking with Iran?
Daniel DePetris As if President Donald Trump isn’t busy enough taking a woodchipper to the federal bureaucracy, threatening to wage economic war in North America,... Read more.
Weldon: Did we learn or not? Why there can be no going back on COVID lessons.
Michele Weldon Five years ago this month, COVID-19 changed the world. The first pandemic in a century altered how Americans saw themselves, each other, work, health... Read more.
Jacobson: Focus on increasing buying power, not reducing prices
Sheldon H. Jacobson The recent Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that prices have risen by three percent from one year ago.... Read more.
Miele: Imagine how disabled people can, rather than assuming we can’t
Joshua A. Miele When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. Because I am blind, he told my parents that wouldn’t... Read more.
Sah: America thinks it’s a country of free thinkers. But we’re actually compliant.
Sunita Sah America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos.... Read more.
Vaughan: Teachers fail students by championing the Iditarod
Gemma Vaughan As you read this, hundreds of dogs are enduring almost unimaginable misery on the Iditarod trail. Subjected to biting winds, blinding snowstorms and... Read more.
Mastio: Trump’s balanced budget pledge to Congress is fantasy. Tax cuts will mean huge deficit
David Mastio In Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s brilliant work... Read more.