Sunday, December 22, 2024

Wanted: A truth-in-legislation act

The Indiana Senate recently demonstrated what seemed to be a prime example of legislative thuggery in action.

Send Ukraine planes now

As Russian warplanes pound Ukrainian cities with cluster bombs, President Volodymyr Zelensky has been begging the United...

Hiking around Angelpond

The winter will soon be past. Days that remain cool are yet balmy bliss compared to some...

A look at recent disapproval of a matter that isn’t new

More than a year ago — on Jan. 27, 2021. But who’s counting? That’s...

We need a $1 trillion defense budget

U.N. General Assembly resolutions feel good. Twitter hashtags are nice. Cutting off corporate services is better than...

Cameras or no cameras? Politics or principle?

 Private business cameras or public sector cameras? Home entrance cameras or entrance to city cameras? Citizen views or political party views? 

Making time to unplug every day is healthy

I was scrolling through one of the news feeds I follow on my phone last weekend when I discovered that I should...

The answer to Putin (and climate change) in plain sight

Imagine for a moment that Russian President Vladimir Putin had used different tactics. Imagine that Putin had...

Words worth remembering, even if they’re impolite

Oh, how coarse our language has become, says the guy who studied for the ministry and has...

Zelensky transforms Germany — and Europe

At the end of the first week since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Kyiv, and even...