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Fri, February 3, 2023 | 12:06

Veterans become political pawns

Veterans become political pawns

It was 4:00 p.m. on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq, and the first gray-white smoke cloud that would come to be called The Plume wafted skyward and drifted over the troops. There would be many blasts that day.

2022-08-01 17:00

Iran is trying to play Saudis against US. It won't work

With President Joe Biden having departed the Middle East, the region's two prime antagonists are thinking about just getting along. Iran and Saudi Arabia, having completed five rounds of talks in Iraq over the past year, both said recently that they were moving toward higher-level negotiations on reconciliation. Paradoxically, this budding rapprochement between friend and foe...

2022-08-01 16:50

Are animals entitled to basic legal rights just like people?

Are animals entitled to basic legal rights just like people?

Happy is an Asian elephant who has lived since 1977 in captivity at the Bronx Zoo. In 2018, lawyers for a group known as the Nonhuman Rights Project went to court seeking her release to an elephant sanctuary.

2022-07-31 14:39

It's time to remember the civilian survivors of unresolved Korean War

Few Americans know that the Korean War, often referred to in the United States as the “forgotten war,” never officially ended. Although the United States and North Korea stopped military battles when they signed the armistice on July 27, 1953, they never negotiated a peace agreement to formally end hostilities.

2022-07-31 14:37

Herd immunity against COVID-19 is unlikely: But we are not powerless

“A man has got to know his limitations.” That is one of the memorable phrases uttered by “Dirty Harry” Callahan, the fictional police inspector played by Clint Eastwood. Today, the world is learning its limitations in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the most important lesson is that a key strategy we banked on to defeat the virus - herd immunity - appears unobtainable.

2022-07-28 17:00

A GOP weather app

A GOP weather app

Spin your globe, fast as you can. Stop it with your hand, anywhere you want. This is probably the one week in your life when you will be able to look at whatever place on the globe is under your thumb - or closest to it - and feel like you know what the folks who live there are talking to each other about at that very moment.

2022-07-28 16:45

Abortion rights movement must include incarcerated people

The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has shocked people across the nation. This decision has left devastating impacts on many, including one group often left out of the discussion: incarcerated individuals in women's prisons.

2022-07-27 17:00

Europe's lead role fighting climate change falls victim to a massive heat wave

Europeans' resolve to combat climate change is melting under the summer heat as they endure the kinds of temperatures and fire conditions that the American West has dealt with for years. Long protected from American-style heat catastrophes because of consistently cool weather patterns, Europe is now living the nightmare.

2022-07-26 17:00

Holocaust memorial in Kyiv was a statement against genocide but 'evil has returned'

Holocaust memorial in Kyiv was a statement against genocide but 'evil has returned'

Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as “Putler,” an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler.

2022-07-25 16:34

Teetering on the brink of failure, President Joe Biden may be approaching even rockier roads this November, as congressional midterms threaten to upend what's left of his modest, moderate agenda and his approval ratings hit an all-time low.

2022-07-25 16:32

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