The Supreme Court’s loyalty isn’t to Roe v. Wade, but to the Constitution, and it can show it by issuing the Justice Samuel Alito opinion that its critics want to foil by any means necessary.
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Carroll Conley: Faith community should come to the table on paid leave
We can, and we must, do better to support the health and well-being of family units in this country. It fits squarely within our values, and it is something that I feel we have been called to do.
Froma Harrop: He hit? She hit?
There’s no way for an outsider to easily judge the dueling claims in the court battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The actors completed their whirlwind divorce years ago but continue to volley accusations of physical abuse in what has turned out to be a battle for public opinion.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: When you stay home on Election Day
Polling shows that the political left represents the majority opinion on every social issue, including abortion. But having the majority means nothing if you lack the will or the wit to wield it.
Cal Thomas: Propaganda, American style
Why would anyone believe that the U.S. government — or any government — could be an arbiter of what is true and what is false? A brief trip down recent memory lane ought to disabuse people of such faith.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Right wing creates God in its own image
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s misapplication of the faith she claims to uphold ought not surprise anyone. The Bible says God created mankind “in his own image.” But many alleged conservatives invert that. They create the deity in their image, a God who thinks and acts like them, who bears their limitations and biases, their solipsism and illogicality, their mendacity and abiding fear.
Warships are evolving, but they’re still integral to defense — now and in the future
Ukraine had already shown that it was quite capable of fighting today’s battles at sea. The coming task, not just for Ukraine but for the United States, is to get ready for tomorrow’s.
The odyssey of Johnny Lee: From Japanese occupied China to Colby College
The man who has had more close calls and dodged more bullets than just about any person I have ever known died at the end of March. The wonder of it all is that he died of natural causes and lived to be nearly 93. His name: Johnny Lee. Some of the most gratifying years […]
Rich Lowry: Don’t weaponize the 14th Amendment
Consider the case of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the bomb-throwing Georgia congresswoman. Outrageously, she recently had to testify in a proceeding to determine whether she ran afoul Section 3 and therefore should be struck from the ballot.
Jenny Simmler: LD 1539 — Finding hope in heartache, my infertility story and advocacy for fertility care in Maine
Maine should join other New England states in providing greater access to fertility care. Infertility is a medical condition. Having wealth should not be the deciding factor on who has access to that medical treatment.