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Sat, December 3, 2022 | 14:28

Military escalation in Taiwan Strait would be perilous

China's live-fire military exercises in the waters near Taiwan, which began Aug. 4, are a worrisome escalation from Beijing. The People's Liberation Army has gradually ramped up its warplane incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone, airspace around the island over which Beijing claims authority, but China hasn't performed live-fire drills so close to Taiwanese...

2022-08-14 18:08

Republicans brave the risks to support same-sex marital rights

It took guts, perhaps along with a careful look at polling results, for 47 House Republicans to join their Democratic colleagues in approving a bill late last month to codify interstate recognition of same-sex marriages. Rep. Ann Wagner was the sole Missouri Republican to support it. In these hyperpartisan times, any such vote risks putting Republicans on a target list for re...

2022-08-11 17:00

Fact-free speech is not free speech

The proliferation of lying in the body politic and certain news media has reached proportions so great that America finds itself on the brink of a revolution that threatens our entire system of government.

2022-08-11 16:45

Iran's robust protest culture has deep roots in idealistic revolution

Aug. 5 is the 116th anniversary of the Persian Constitutional Revolution, the first democratic revolution in the Middle East. And the protest culture spawned by that revolution is alive and well in Iran today.

2022-08-10 17:00

Guess who's playing voter manipulation games now

Guess who's playing voter manipulation games now

Private citizen Joe Biden and the Democratic Party were absolutely right way back when they kept demanding an investigation of what we'd just learned: Russia had interfered big-time in America's 2016 elections - running video ads and doing lots more that helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

2022-08-09 17:00

Is Tunisia rolling back the revolution? It's not that simple

One year after Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament, sacked the prime minister and monopolized all three branches of government, Tunisians headed to the polls in late July and voted on a new constitution that critics feared - and supporters acknowledged - would further enshrine a one-man rule.

2022-08-09 15:41

Putin's vicious war on Ukraine's civilians hardens its military resolve

Putin's vicious war on Ukraine's civilians hardens its military resolve

In the suburbs of this battered port city in southern Ukraine - once the shipbuilding hub of the country - the Ukrainian military has begun a counteroffensive to liberate the Black Sea coast from Russian occupation.

2022-08-08 17:00

Climate change is an emergency. Biden should use his executive powers to do more

The unexpected Senate deal on a $369 billion climate spending package is bound to ease pressure on President Joe Biden. Days earlier, when it looked like opposition from West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III had killed Biden's climate agenda, the president vowed to take “strong executive action” if the Senate would not act.

2022-08-08 16:50

Al-Zawahiri killing was a great success of a bygone era

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of al-Qaida and one of the last remaining architects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, delivered a measure of justice. It did not deliver resolution in the debates still surrounding U.S. counterterrorism policy.

2022-08-07 17:00

Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land and sea

Most of us have seen helium balloons gently float into the sky, whether by accident or intentional release. Watching a balloon disappear into the clouds can feel almost tranquil. But what goes up must come down, with serious impacts on the environment.

2022-08-04 17:00

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