Dear Caitlin Clark,

Recently, I was lucky enough to see you play in person. I brought my 5-year-old daughter to Williams Arena in Minneapolis, where I live now with my wife and two girls. You dominated as usual and were playing at a different level than anyone else on the court. The shots you were making reminded me of when I would play NBA ...Read more

When salespeople knocked on my door a year ago attempting to sell me solar panels, I declined, explaining that I couldn’t afford them and that I was already doing my part to combat the climate catastrophe by being vegan. But when they asked if I’d be open to hearing more information, I agreed, mostly out of curiosity. Six months later, I had...Read more

“That’s the wrong question.”

In the most recent season of “True Detective,” Jodie Foster plays a detective in Alaska. Her character has a knack for pushing other officers to ask better questions about the complex case in their hands. Unsurprisingly, it annoys the heck out of her colleagues. Also unsurprisingly, it helps them get to ...Read more

I never thought of myself as a mass killer, but the Alabama Supreme Court has a different idea.

Last month, the court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, allowing several in-vitro fertilization patients to sue a fertility clinic for wrongful death over the inadvertent destruction of their refrigerated, um, kids.

To be clear, you cannot ...Read more

If you failed to visit the gym, cut back on sweets or start a new hobby in January, never fear. Experts say it's best to make resolutions a little later in any case. And the most important resolutions you make in 2024 may be less about self-help than about the nation as a whole.

There’s never been a better year, in fact, for civic resolutions...Read more

More than a half-century ago, stunt daredevil Karl Wallenda balanced on a 1,200-foot tightrope suspended above the rocky waterfalls of the northeast Georgia mountains and successfully crossed the Tallulah Gorge. The state hasn’t seen a high wire act as daunting since, but Republican Governor Brian Kemp may be getting close.

The governor has ...Read more

Donald Trump didn’t write Katie Porter’s requiem post on social media. But throw in a few misspellings and capitalized letters and he very well could have.

“Because of you, we had the establishment running scared,” she told supporters of her unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid in a Wednesday night statement on X. This, Porter continued, ...Read more

For this primary election I decided to cast my ballot in person after voting by mail the last few pandemic-dominated years.

Because I live in California, where every active, registered voter receives a vote-by-mail ballot, I had a lot of convenient options. I could mail in my ballot or drop it off at a secure dropbox. I could go to one of ...Read more

One of global warming’s more colorful dangers is the possibility that melting permafrost will revive prehistoric diseases and trigger horrific pandemics. But the more immediate candidates for a disastrous, climate-fueled comeback are newer and man-made.

A hotter and more chaotic atmosphere is making it harder to build nuclear weapons and ...Read more

Sixty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared “an unconditional war on poverty.” Using policies and programs as weapons, Johnson focused heavily on health coverage and “human capital.” His Great Society agenda also included key political reforms like the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act ...Read more

On Oscar night, millions will tune in to see whether the captivating story about the race to create the world’s first nuclear weapon will take home an armload of Academy Awards. As we watch, we must remember this: No matter who lands a golden statuette on March 10, we will all wake up on March 11 just one terrible miscalculation, accident or ...Read more

The symbol of sentencing excess in California could be an extra-large slice of pepperoni pizza, taken from four youngsters on the Redondo Beach Pier.

The petty theft resulted in a sentence of 25 years to life in prison for Jerry Dewayne Williams because he had a record that included two serious or violent felonies — and because several months...Read more

It goes without saying that President Joe Biden will take the podium for Thursday's State of the Union address armed with facts and figures of all that he's accomplished for the American people during his term. All presidents do.

Here's one item we hope he doesn't fail to mention: By arming the Internal Revenue Service with billions of dollars ...Read more

There’s a concept in behavioral science known as “normalcy bias,” or the notion that we are prone to believe that status quos will more or less hold, and to underestimate the likelihood of worst-case scenarios. This was useful in granting us the evolutionary advantages of resiliency and optimism; human collaboration and creativity was ...Read more

The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is far too serious to remain unresolved as Israel and Hamas play chicken with negotiations over a temporary cease-fire.

While Palestinian families eat leaves, grind animal feed to make bread, and babies die from malnutrition, Israel and Hamas are dawdling over finalizing a U.S.-backed plan for a humanitarian...Read more

It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal voting — often called voter fraud.

“Before the machines were introduced, vote riggers needed a way to cheat and it always involved generating LOOSE BALLOTS,” read a recent post on a pro-Trump Telegram “ ...Read more

For the pious, fasting mortifies the flesh to fortify the soul. For those who profess a secular faith, however, fasting has come to be associated with wellness.

From lots of recent reports — both breathless and scientific — fasting has become a tantalizing path to health. Non-religious fasting can range from 24 hours or more without food to...Read more

The US federal budget seems out of control. Funding spats and debt-ceiling standoffs routinely threaten to force defaults and shutdowns. America's once-unassailable credit rating keeps slipping. Has the government simply become too big to manage?

No, but it has been so poorly managed that one could be forgiven for reaching that conclusion. ...Read more

Super Tuesday is over and so is any hope that Donald Trump isn't speeding toward the White House.

With clear victories in the primaries, including in California, and a Supreme Court win that keeps him on the Colorado ballot, any belief that Trump doesn't have a good chance of moving back into the Executive Mansion, or that the Republican Party ...Read more

The First Law of Holes states, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.”

This simple proverb is apparently too complicated for many officials in Washington, who want to create a new permanent entitlement program at a time when the gross national debt has climbed to $34.4 trillion and will grow by trillions more per year for the ...Read more