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Opinion

‘Once upon a time’ is a place we can find again

Editorials and columns

"Where is the good news?" my son asked the other day, the kind of simple question that can only come from a child. Obvious, sensical, trusting. He still believes in our essential goodness and still wants to know about humanity's small kindnesses and large achievements. We had been ...

The joy of (hot) chocolate

Editorials and columns

Baby, it’s cold outside! Of course it is. It's winter! That means one thing in my house – time to enjoy some hot chocolate or, for sticklers, hot cocoa. While the day may barely make it to single digits on the thermometer, even with the sun shining, a good cup of hot cocoa sparks all kinds ...

How big is MAGA, really?

Editorials and columns

As we survey the wreckage of Trump's second term, it is often said that half the country voted for this, or worse, half the country is fine with this. That isn't true. MAGA is a bit of a moving target, but a recent Economist/YouGov poll found that only 27% of all voters described themselves ...

Is this the end of transgender hysteria?

Editorials and columns

A few years ago, things looked pretty bleak for skeptics of transgenderism -- those of us who have great compassion for those afflicted by what the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders long referred to as the "disorder" of gender dysphoria, but who refuse to accept the lie that ...

The light on the hill is burning out

Editorials and columns

My fellow Americans, this 4th of July, our 250th year as a country, We the People will be celebrating - A lot of blood, sweat and tears have been spent. Now we have a fascist in the White House, who is tearing this country apart, along with our Constitution, Declaration of Independence, ...