Opinion & Essay
Reality check on refugee panic: Suspected terrorists in America are free to buy guns
Now that congressional Republicans and roughly 50 cowered Democratic colleagues have passed a panicky bill to impede the entry of Syrian ...
10 years ago
Ben Carson and the comedic farce of Iotagate
The revelation this week that Ben Carson knows squat about foreign policy was about as shocking as the news that Charlie Sheen is HIV pos ...
10 years ago
The Syrian refugee crisis: Is history repeating itself?
Permit me to paraphrase a song lyric from Prince: Americans who want to slam the door on Syrian refugees are partying like it̵ ...
10 years ago
Republican Islamophobia is back with a vengeance
Gee, what a surprise. In the aftermath of Paris, Republicans have rediscovered one of their favorite illnesses, Islamophobia. Painting wi ...
10 years ago
The horrific attacks in Paris changed a lot of things, and one of them is the weight that national security issues will carry in next yea ...
10 years ago
ListenPolice, businesses, urban planners and residents can build safer communities together
My mother was a very compassionate and faithful volunteer in the community and our church. I want to live and leave that same sweet fragrance of integrity and kindness.
10 years ago
Paris, Hillary, and the 3 a.m. phone call
If Hillary Clinton hopes to sell herself as a foreign policy whiz and credible commander-in-chief, she’ll need to perform better th ...
10 years ago
Sandusky wins while everyday Pennsylvanians lose
It seems the only person to experience a victory after the years-long saga of convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant fo ...
10 years ago
Starbucks cups and the Internet idiocracy
Isn’t it nice to know that even in a time of international crisis – ISIS, Syria, Putin – some Americans still make time ...
10 years ago
Review: The questions surrounding ‘Equivocation’
Ask me what the play “Equivocation” is about and I could give you lots of answers, including God, souls, religion, politics, ...
10 years ago
ListenOvercoming police brutality starts with positive community interaction
I have learned to not view all officers as "bad cops." However, society does not understand that we cannot say #AllLivesMatter until everyone understands #BlackLivesMatter.
10 years ago
The key economic question Republican candidates refuse to answer
On Tuesday night, the debate moderators asked a lot of lickspittle questions — just the way Republican candidates like ’em — bu ...
10 years ago
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