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Opinion

US health policy needs shakeup

National Columnists

The American public is being sold a bill of goods that enrolling everyone in government-approved health insurance — primarily managed care — will improve the nation’s health and close the troubling disparities between the health of Black and white Americans. Former President Barack Obama ...

Why lower standards to produce higher achievement

National Columnists

Among the many laws that took effect at the beginning of this new year is one in New Jersey that will astound and should anger people with children in the state’s public schools. It’s called Act 1669 and it removes a requirement that teachers pass a basic reading, writing and math test to ...

Trump unmaking more than American politics

National Columnists

Winning the 2024 election was only the beginning -- the Trump effect is now sweeping the globe. From Canada to the U.K. and continental Europe, left-liberal governments are tottering while right-leaning voters, especially young men, gravitate toward populist politics and take inspiration from ...

Congestion pricing comes to New York

National Columnists

New York has been named the most traffic gridlocked city in the world with Midtown Manhattan the most congested part. For years, the city has tried to install congestion pricing to reduce the number of vehicles. The money collected would be used to fix the crumbling subway system. How bad was ...

US Steel future in limbo after Biden block

National Columnists

The fate of the Edgar Thomson Works, a massive steel plant at Braddock, Pennsylvania, that has hugged the same spot along the Monongahela River since 1875, became even more uncertain Friday morning when President Joe Biden announced he would block the sale of United States Steel to Nippon Steel ...

Firm foundation’s paramount as we begin 2025

National Columnists

Just before New Year’s Eve, a Gallup poll survey headline accurately captured the feelings of many people in our nation: “Americans Predict Challenges in 2025, With a Few Bright Spots.” The top concerns were unsurprising, including anxiousness about the economy and a growing budget ...