Opinions
Guilt over kids’ screen time can stress family relationships − but it can have a silver lining
What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to make, maybe lunches for tomorrow too, and you just don’t have the energy to wrangle your kids into a new art project or plead with them to pick up a book. Instead, you give in… Read
With ‘Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses,’ M. G. Sheftall asks readers to feel
If you don’t mind, dear reader, I’m going to treat you as someone who already knows that on Aug. 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., American pilot Paul Tibbets, while flying the B-29 Enola Gay— his mother’s name — dropped the first atomic bomb in history over the city of Hiroshima,… Read
Retirement doesn’t just raise financial concerns – it can also mean feeling irrelevant
Most discussions of retirement focus on the financial aspects of leaving the workforce: “How to save enough for retirement” or “How do you know if you have enough money for retirement?” But this might not be the biggest problem that potential retirees face. The deeper issues of meaning, relevance and… Read
DEI policies work best when they are designed to include everyone and are backed by evidence
As the U.S. becomes increasingly polarized, diversity, equity and inclusion – also known as DEI – efforts have been touted as a way to bridge social divides and promote a sense of belonging for everyone, especially for those who have been traditionally excluded or marginalized. But in recent years, a backlash has set… Read
Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed?
Should African people be called black – or is the categorizing of people by skin color a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial slur because it was chosen by European exploiters and based on the weather rather than the people – and should… Read
An unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts
Over the past four years, Congress and state governments have worked hard to prevent the aftermath of the 2024 election from descending into the chaos and threats to democracy that occurred around the 2020 U.S. presidential election. A new federal law cleaned up ambiguities that could allow for election subversion.… Read
How U.S. military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for conflict with China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent approval of a major shift in U.S. nuclear weapons strategy highlights the attention the country’s national security officials are paying to Chinese ambitions for influence in the world. As changes emerge in the types of threats facing the U.S., the American military adjusts its strategic… Read
No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s
The past decade and a half has seen upheaval across the globe. The 2008 financial crisis and its fallout, the COVID-19 pandemic and major regional conflicts in Sudan, the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere have left residual uncertainty. Added to this is a tense, growing rivalry between the U.S. and… Read
Treating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
In the two years since saboteurs planted explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 – gas pipelines that spanned the Baltic Sea to connect Russia to Germany – the finger of suspicion has fallen on a succession of possible culprits. Immediately after the Sept 26, 2022, blast, many Western experts… Read
America’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys a close relationship with Iran, and both share the goal of eliminating the Jewish state. But there’s more to it than that. As… Read
