May 29, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing birth-control pills to be sold without a prescription. Some conservatives are raising predictable objections, but others appear to grasp the obvious: If the anti-abortion-rights movement truly is motivated solely by a desire to prevent abortions, without a broader agenda of imposing religious… Read story
May 28, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I attended two graduation ceremonies earlier this month, including the University of Georgia gala replete with fireworks at Sanford Stadium. At both events, I was struck with how many more women than men crossed the stage. Read story
May 28, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Ron DeSantis apparently wants to be president. His pitch rests on the “Florida blueprint,” the stuff he’s done as the state’s governor. But the assumption that the American majority wants much of the DeSantis program is shaky. It’s not even clear that Floridians do. Read story
May 28, 2023, 6:01am Columns
One of Washington’s valuable lines of defense against government secrecy is foundering. The Sunshine Committee could soon disappear. Read story
May 27, 2023, 6:01am Columns
For Americans under 20, an epidemic much deadlier than COVID-19 has raged over the last three years. Deaths among those aged 1 to 19 surged 20 percent — driven by an increase in car crashes, suicide, homicide and drug overdoses. Read story
May 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
A fake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon went viral across Twitter on Monday, and stocks dipped. The incident confirmed what many have said for months: Misinformation is on course to be supercharged as new AI tools for concocting photos get easier to use. Read story
May 25, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Journalism used to be about getting the truth out there, but recently we were told it shouldn’t happen if Americans could be swayed the wrong way by seeing and hearing it. Bunches of journalists themselves were upset by a live, CNN, 70-minute, New Hampshire town hall session in which a… Read story
May 24, 2023, 6:01am Columns
“Never let a crisis go to waste.” Read story
May 23, 2023, 6:01am Columns
If an increasingly possible scenario develops — a 2024 rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — age will be an issue. But not just Biden’s. Read story
May 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I felt like I knew her, even though I never met her, because I read every word Amy Silverstein wrote. Read story
