Chief Justice John Roberts, meet Roger Taney, your history big brother. Abraham Lincoln despised Taney as the legal upholder of white supremacy but had to suffer being sworn in by the old Maryland scarecrow in 1861. In that fraught March moment, the dark past and bright future of America came ...
A publisher, Adlai Stevenson quipped, is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff — and then publishes the chaff. Significant segments of America believe just that: that the media are in the business of selling "product," no differently than plastic goods manufacturers or car ...
Most of the great filmmakers in American cinema will candidly admit some of the most enduring and memorable moments in their films were scenes or lines that were never in the script. "Here's looking at you, kid," was never in the "Casablanca" script; it was a Humphrey Bogart ad-lib. "Leave the ...
Up front, I want to say this: I have no problem with the Ten Commandments. They're solid, as far as life rules go. Of course, there are at least seven different versions, there are more than 10 of them, and they make now-unnecessary references to things like graven images and the coveting of ...
As an Iranian American woman who immigrated to the United States in search of freedom over my body, rights, and voice, I am deeply troubled by the current state of reproductive rights in both Iran and the United States. In November 2021, Iran's government passed the "Population Rejuvenation and ...
I would like to challenge Chris Null’s assertion in his column of June 13 that the caucus and convention system is more representative of Utah’s Republicans than the signature-gathering process. There is a reason that the Utah legislature passed the signature bill. It is because the caucus ...
