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Matters that Matter: Not feeling merry? You’re not alone

It’s a magical and joyful time of year - for many, this is our favorite month and season. But it can also be a time of grieving, loneliness and stress. For some, grief or depression is a companion through these special days. In fact, it's not uncommon to feel down during the holidays. In ...

Guest opinion: In defense of the Dignity Index

Scholars estimate that the 1994 Rwandan genocide resulted in the murder of between 800,000 and 1 million ethnic Tutsis and the rape of between a quarter and a half million women. One aspect of this horrific event worth noting is the use of the term “Inyenzi” (cockroach) by extremist Hutus ...

Guest opinion: The importance of a free press

In 1800, the United States — then a young nation of just over five million people — supported roughly 200 newspapers. That same year, London, the cultural and intellectual center of Britain with a population of one million, had only four, proportionally just one-tenth of the American total. ...

Guest opinion: NFL rules should apply to four-way stops

I have been recently trying to understand why some drivers approaching four-way stops seem to feel that if they allow another driver to pass through the intersection first, their entire day’s schedule will be messed up–not to mention that in some cases, their wife may file for divorce for ...

Guest opinion: Trump and Putin’s bizarre dance over Ukraine

In the theater of geopolitics, few performances have been as strange — and as consequential — as the ongoing pas de deux between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. What should be a sober negotiation to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II has instead taken on the ...