Sizing up Trump’s potential VP picks
Carl P. Leubsdorf News of Donald Trump’s conviction had barely hit the television screens and the internet sites when Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media to... Read more.
Nature in the Neighborhood: Rededicating the Swampscott Memorial Arboretum
The Swampscott Conservancy This past Memorial Day weekend, on the lawn of the Swampscott Town Hall, there was a rededication ceremony of Swampscott’s Memorial... Read more.
Biden’s urgent, disquieting D-day message — democracy has to be saved all over again
Jackie Calmes When I traveled with U.S. presidents on foreign trips, I’d have days when I couldn’t believe I was actually getting paid for the experience.... Read more.
America’s tax-cut era has outlasted its welcome
Kathryn Anne Edwards For more than two decades, America has pursued a policy as costly as the New Deal of the 1930s or the Great Society of the 1960s, but with a... Read more.
Infrastructure requires money. More toll roads are the way.
Thomas Black Physical infrastructure — highways, bridges, ports, internet servers, potable water — provides the backbone of an economy, even in an increasingly... Read more.
The US election system was already wobbling, and now here comes AI
Scott Klug As we head into election season, the potential for misinformation is enormous and the ability of election officials to respond to artificial intelligence... Read more.
Good riddance to El Niño, but La Niña won’t be much relief
Mark Gongloff The record-smashing global heat of the past year has been driven partly by an El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean. The good news is that... Read more.
Trump’s pity party maligns America’s real darkest days
George Skelton SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s sad and scary that so many people can believe anything from Donald Trump’s mouth when he contends his felony... Read more.
Here’s how states can optimize $50 billion in opioid settlement funds
Kelly A. O’Connor Kudos to John Oliver and HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” for their coverage of the opioid crisis and the resultant settlement. Many states are... Read more.
Hunter Biden’s trial is not about his father
Editorial written by the New York Daily News Editorial Board Normally, a trial in the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del., for lying about not being a drug addict... Read more.