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Fri, June 9, 2023 | 09:28

Policy is at a crossroads in a deeply troubled Afghanistan

Nearly 21 months after the U.S. withdrawal from a two-decadelong misadventure in Afghanistan, an increasingly polarized Washington continues to ask the same old questions. Who lost Afghanistan? Was Afghanistan ever America's to win? Who is at fault for the collapse of the Afghan security forces, which U.S. taxpayers funded to the tune of $89 billion? And could the Biden admin...

2023-05-18 16:05

Real show at CNN town hall was the audience, not the stage

Who needs a poll for the 2024 GOP presidential primary when you have Wednesday's CNN town hall audience rooting and tooting for former President Donald Trump, the more outrageous his statements the better?

2023-05-17 16:46

Is your fridge filled with 'expired' food? Here's why you shouldn't throw it away

If on digging through your fridge you find food stamped with a phrase such as “Enjoy by,” “Best before,” “Expires on” or “Sell by” followed by a date that has passed, you might think it's time to throw it away.

2023-05-16 16:00

Oceans are heating up and El Nino will make it worse

Even if you hate the beach, live inland and aren't bothered by dwindling fish, the latest spike in ocean temperature matters to you. The ocean is like a huge closet where we've been able to store 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. That closet is now stuffed. The latest readings from more than 4,000 buoys around the world show record-breaking sea-surfac...

2023-05-15 16:00

After verdict in sexual abuse case, will Trump pay a political price? That's up to his GOP rivals

There is a long list of descriptors used to identify Donald Trump: real estate magnate, reality TV star, former president, insurrectionist, criminally indicted payer of hush money.

2023-05-14 16:10

How a misreading of the Bible fuels many Americans' apathy about climate change

Christian theology and global politics can make strange bedfellows. Consider the intimate relationship between fundamentalist expectations of Jesus' return and market-driven disregard for the environment.

2023-05-11 16:05

Why the loss of newspaper cultural critics hurts us as citizens

I miss the critics. The theater, music, movie, fashion, book, dance and architectural critics who once populated the nation's media have been systematically eliminated at our beleaguered newspapers. As print circulation and advertising have declined, journalism's new business model has prized clicks over culture.

2023-05-10 15:50

The impending death of AM radio

On its way to oblivion is another relic from an increasingly distant era. The Ford Motor Co. plans to discontinue AM radios in most of its 2024 vehicles, according to the Detroit Free Press

2023-05-09 15:00

Opponents need to stop equating abortion with eugenics

Among the dubious points that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk makes in his recent ruling suspending the Food and Drug Administration's authorization of mifepristone is that abortion is part of the now-reviled practice of eugenics.

2023-05-08 15:00

Will you need the latest COVID booster? It depends

As the Biden administration prepares for the federal COVID-19 public health emergency to end on May 11, the new normal is markedly better than the earlier phase of the pandemic in which we lost more than a million American lives. We've gone from the 2021 peak of an estimated 3,000 Americans dying daily from the infection to about 250 a day now. But this “normal” still include...

2023-05-07 16:00

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