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Biden says US military would step in if China attacked Taiwan
President Joe Biden said the U.S. military would intervene to defend Taiwan in any attack from China, comments that ... Read More
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John M. Crisp: WTF? Are we wearing out the F-word?
On one of my regular browsing excursions through Barnes & Noble, I came across a book display entitled: "Path to Personal Growth."
Prominent, of course, was “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie’s...Read more
Will Midterms Be Biden's Last Hurrah?
For half a decade now, America's media elite have been obsessed with former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's conversion to Trumpism.
Press and TV are daily consumed with his actions and prospects and ...Read more
What You Need to Know About the Anti-Democracy Movement
Decades ago, America’s wealthy backed a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism, and constitutional democracy. But today’s billionaire class is pushing a radically anti-democratic ...Read more
Biden unveils a US-Asia trade initiative that falls short of a free trade deal
TOKYO — President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled an initiative that he said would bind the U.S. and Asian economies more closely but that falls short of a free trade agreement and remains vague on details.
The newly named...Read more
Doyle McManus: India has become a US partner in countering China -- a limited partner, that is
For more than two decades, American presidents have invested high hopes in a deepening U.S. relationship with India, the world's largest democracy — as they almost invariably mention.
And at first glance, India looks ...Read more
Editorial: Mapping a fair election: The new congressional and state Senate districts enhance democracy
We thought that the draft maps published last Monday for New York’s congressional and state Senate districts drawn by Carnegie Mellon’s Jonathan Cervas for Acting Steuben County state Supreme Court Justice Patrick ...Read more
Editorial: 'Nobody delivered.' Lawmakers shamelessly failed to help condo owners after Surfside
The announcement in the Surfside condo collapse litigation this month came as a surprise: Less than a year after the June 24 tragedy that killed 98 people and shook condo residents across Florida, relatives of the victims ...Read more
Editorial: First abortion, next birth control -- women understand the stakes
Over the past few weeks, Americans have come to understand just how deeply Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established women’s rights to control their reproductive health care, is ingrained in ...Read more
Commentary: Governments should stop trying to make gasoline cheaper
The oil market is screaming at consumers to rein in their use of fuel. Governments are doing everything they can to have us to buy, buy, buy. But there can only be one winner in this battle, and it won’t be our elected ...Read more
Commentary: Can we learn how to understand each other while we disagree over pandemic issues?
I recently spoke with a colleague in another city about how we would adjust our personal behaviors as COVID-19 cases rise once again. I have great respect for this physician, and both of us are well versed in the medical ...Read more
Anita Chabria: How can we protect our kids from racism? Author Ibram X. Kendi has this advice
When an advance copy of Ibram X. Kendi's new book, "How to Raise an Antiracist," arrived in my mailbox, the massacre in Buffalo hadn't yet happened.
Nor had the shooting in Laguna Woods, where another gun-toting man is ...Read more
Cynthia M. Allen: The upshot of baby formula crisis? Moms need more breastfeeding resources and support
FORT WORTH, Texas — It was probably inevitable that the baby formula shortage would devolve into a noxious quarrel between the breastfeeding and formula-feeding camps.
Within days of the (now weeks-long) crisis finally ...Read more
Commentary: We've expanded the Supreme Court before. It's time to do so again
With the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade generating shockwaves across the country, Supreme Court expansion is once again emerging as a serious proposal in response to the extreme ...Read more
Georgia Gov. Kemp poised for a big win Tuesday, but Trump's shadow looms large
ATLANTA — When Gov. Brian Kemp is asked how he handles Donald Trump's unrelenting fury, he typically launches into the well-practiced answer he offered at a recent stop in Atlanta's exurbs: "I've never said a bad word ...Read more
Analysis: Biden trying to keep India close, even as it bucks him on Russia
SEOUL, South Korea — When President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders from Japan and Australia this week, it could get awkward.
India is rebuffing Biden’s efforts to join the U.S. ...Read more
Biden says monkeypox spread is concerning and advisers are examining
The growing monkeypox outbreak is “something everyone should be concerned about,” President Joe Biden said.
Biden, before boarding Air Force One in South Korea on Sunday, told reporters he’d spoken to advisers ...Read more
Even with Roe v. Wade in place, low-income women struggle to get abortions in Texas
McALLEN, Texas — The patient slid onto the examination table as the doctor ran through her standard list of questions.
Most recent period? Any previous abortions? Medication or surgery? Any complications?
An assistant ...Read more
Biden says US prepared to respond to a North Korean nuclear test
U.S. President Joe Biden said Sunday that he wasn’t concerned about the possibility of North Korea holding a nuclear test while he’s in Asia.
“We are prepared for anything North Korea does,” Biden told reporters ...Read more
Rubio gets backing from top police union in race with Demings for law and order label
MIAMI — With about 10 police officers standing behind him, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was endorsed Saturday by the state’s main police union, the Florida Police Benevolent Association, a group that represents about 30,000 ...Read more
NZ's Ardern congratulates Australia's Albanese on election win
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday congratulated Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party on winning the Australian Federal election.
“I spoke to Anthony Albanese early this morning as he was preparing to ...Read more
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- Georgia Gov. Kemp poised for a big win Tuesday, but Trump's shadow looms large
- Even with Roe v. Wade in place, low-income women struggle to get abortions in Texas
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- Editorial: First abortion, next birth control -- women understand the stakes
- Analysis: Biden trying to keep India close, even as it bucks him on Russia
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