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Opinion

From the desk of Dr. J

Columns

I found the "Toy Story 5" theme of tech versus toys very intriguing, as folks like me from older generations often lament that today's kids are missing out on one of the most wonderful parts of childhood: using your God-given imagination. Screentime on tablets can lock so many kids in, and ...

Rachel Marsden

Columns

PARIS — That's it, I'm starting a new human rights movement: the Cryophilic Freedom Front. Because rampant discrimination across Europe against cryophilic people — defined as those who are physically incapable of tolerating extreme heat — has no place in polite European society. Yet not ...

The meaning of the Fourth of July

Editorial

Each July 4, Americans both at home and abroad, gather to celebrate. Under skies ablaze with fireworks, on streets lined with youngsters waiting for candy from passing floats or simply standing with family in front of grills smelling of seared burgers and hot dogs, we celebrate. We celebrate ...

Jeff Robbins

Columns

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," reads the iconic welcome to the world's oppressed inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus, the poet who penned those words, had herself helped Jewish refugees from the anti-Semitic pogroms of Eastern Europe ...

Tim Graham

Columns

There's no longer much foreign reporting on television with the exception of natural disasters, or countries where Americans are engaged in military action. That's certainly true of Europe — except for Britain. The networks, surely focused on ratings, display a fascination with the Royal ...

Robert B. Reich

Columns

JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins "either way" in negotiations with Iran. "If we make the final deal, then great," Vance told HBO's Bill Maher. "If we don't make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They're still much weaker as a country." Just hours after Vance's ...