Marc Dion: Self-reliance
I don’t fix things.
I’m a man. I don’t fix things.
I pay people to fix things, is what I do.
Mona Charen: Why I don’t plan to stop drinking alcohol
Is a glass of wine with dinner going to increase your chance of getting cancer or another serious illness? For the past few years, we’ve been deluged with studies and news accounts suggesting that the answer is yes. This week, the USDA reinstated a caution in its dietary guidelines about limiting alcohol.
Other Editors: The John Bolton plea deal
President Trump may hate being the target of lawfare, but he sure knows how to wield it against anyone who crosses him. That’s the story of John Bolton, his former national security adviser, who is agreeing to a plea deal essentially for the sin of writing a critical book about his time advising Mr. Trump.
Froma Harrop: Platner wants redemption. Others want a refund
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial candidate that Graham Platner’s actions have not been sterling. Voters considering Platner don’t like his “shameful” actions against women, the Californian said, but “they are willing to extend him grace and redemption.”
Daniel McCarthy: Pope Leo courts the global left
No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving to be more political than most — and he’s siding with the left.
Froma Harrop: Loneliness: People do need people
Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most serious injuries is almost four hours away in Fargo.
Bobby Harrison: Charter School Authorizer Board is not in Mississippi Constitution but is overseeing public schools
The immense power of the seven-member Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board is being displayed as it contemplates closing a Canton school – SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy – for alleged money woes.
David McRae: Building access, not barriers
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It’s not an insignificant sum of money. It can pay off a home – cover the purchase of a new car (and years’ worth of gas) – pay for college – deliver financial security. Now, imagine losing it.
Marc Dion: The right thing costs you
“If you’re trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that’s hardest,” my pop used to tell me. “The right thing is always the hardest thing.”
Froma Harrop: Price gouging is whose problem?
Horrors. The profiteers running this year’s World Cup are forcing fans to shell out thousands for a single ticket.
Other Editors: No nuclear enrichment for the Saudis either
No U.S. President has done more to confront Iran ’s nuclear program than Donald Trump, and one reason is to avert a nuclear arms race in the world’s most volatile region.
David McRae: The fraud fight
Taxpayers today lose as much as $521 billion to fraud every single year. For too many, that’s not just a number. It’s a road left in decay – a Social Security check never received – a childcare facility stolen from the community.
Bobby Harrison: US Supreme Court must answer key questions after its Callais redistricting decision
Some folks believe the recent U.S. Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana v. Callais gives elected officials the authority to discriminate against Black people – to draw political districts with the express purpose of preventing them from being in the majority.
Wyatt Emmerich: Natchez, a treasure to be visited
Natchez is a treasure and I was delighted to spend a long weekend in that historic town on Memorial Day.
Marc Dion: What’s that peeking in my window? It’s my job
I used to work with a guy, and every morning, I would greet him the same way.
“Howyadoin’?” I’d say.
“I’m here,” he’d answer.
Mona Charen: Lie at heart of Trump’s slush fund
The Orwellian ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong.
Other Editors: Congress’ continued refusal to enforce War Powers Act ignores law, national will
Americans don’t agree on much today, but overwhelming majorities agree that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was and is a mistake.
Froma Harrop: Sonny Rollins knew not to die young
How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed.
Jeff Robbins: Thief-in-Chief in brief: Trump keeps his cash register ringing
Established shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for Americans to honor those who have sacrificed their lives defending American democracy.
Marc Dion: They’re Barney Frank hot dogs…
Nobody expected Barney Frank to show up at the event. He came by because it was in his district and he’d been in his district all day, and he had time to come meet some people, and he’d donated a couple hundred bucks to the event, and they’d used it to buy meat.
