Opinion

“I was trying to save my own life, but I knew I could not let all those people die.” Those words, spoken by Capt. Smit Machchhar from his hospital bed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, may best explain what happened aboard Flydubai Flight 1073. On Sept. 30, Machchhar was flying from Dubai to Tel […]

Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, the Supreme Court told the Federal Communications Commission to take its time. This week, the justices lifted a court-ordered deadline that would have forced the agency to rule on a Democratic challenge to its political advertising policy before Nov. 3. That policy gives party committees the discounted […]

Consider a glass of milk. It’s wholesome, nutritious, and quite satisfying. But try drinking an entire gallon in one sitting. The problem isn’t necessarily the milk. It’s the quantity and the insistence that you consume it all at once. Each new Star Trek series fills me with anticipation that it will be as satisfying as […]

An Indian captain opened the cockpit door. Israeli passengers rushed forward alongside crew members. Other pilots took control of the aircraft. Medical professionals treated the wounded. Saudi personnel welcomed the survivors after landing. Each person became part of a story larger than any one nationality. Survival aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was not the result of […]

Let’s tell the truth. Many of the women President Donald Trump has placed high in his administration are very pretty. Pretty unqualified. You have to admire Trump for putting so many women in top Cabinet and administrative positions. The problem is that the president is well known for casting people based on their looks, instead […]

Halloween finally met something scarier than a knife-wielding, potty-mouthed doll: School administrators explaining inclusivity. In the sleepy town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, school officials began the witching season by canceling their longtime Halloween parades for elementary students. Explaining their decision, administrators cited “inclusivity” and “student absences” connected to the parades as reasons for the decision. Yes, […]

Just two weeks shy of the midterm elections, all eyes are on Texas as 37-year-old Democratic state Rep. James Talarico maintains a lead over his Republican competitor, Ken Paxton. A recent ReconMR/Siena Research Institute poll finds that 48% of voters express a preference for Talarico, with 44% favoring his opponent. For the first time since […]

The Palestinians want to be occupied, but not by Israel. Rather, they want to be governed by people of their own ethnicity and religion. For decades, Palestinian nationalism has been presented as a struggle for freedom. Give Palestinians sovereignty over Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank — the proper appellation for this territory is […]

The federal government reserves its most serious health warning — the “black box” warning — for medications that carry potentially life-threatening risks. If the same honesty were required for political prescriptions, Medicare for All would get a black-box warning. Its marketing is irresistible: no premiums, no deductibles, no copays. Its fine print is terrifying. Many […]

Every October, pink ribbons appear across the country for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For me, this awareness is deeply personal; my grandmother lost her life to breast cancer 16 years ago. But this year, those ribbons come with real reason for hope. Breast cancer has been documented for thousands of years. For most of that […]

Universal pre-K and childcare were part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, part of Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, and a centerpiece of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise to voters. The idea was to include children as young as 2 years old, plus subsidies for those with younger children. But […]