George Washington knew how to govern but are we willing to listen?
We all want America to flourish and prosper, but disagreements on “how” keep tripping us up. “How” is much more than picking between policy prescriptions – at its core it involves the way we treat each other, particularly those we disagree with. The person most essential to realizing America in the first place thought about this issue a lot and it’s time to revisit his legacy.
Why do we talk about older people so negatively?
Age matters, but so do words.
No graveyards, no ice cream shops. Some experienced advice on how Biden should handle the age issue
Agraveyard is not the best place for a presidential candidate facing questions about his age.
NATO alliance serves nation well, contrary to what Trump says
In a few weeks, Scope Arena in Norfolk will be busy with activity as the city holds its annual NATO Festival, the longest continuous festival on the Hampton Roads calendar. It pays tribute to our region’s unique status as the home to NATO’s only command operations in North America.
Learning lags despite federal coronavirus funding
Money sent out in haste most often goes to waste. That’s an apt assessment of many government programs, and it certainly applies to funding meant to boost student achievement following the pandemic.
I stopped drinking and built the life I always wanted. Why was I still so anxious?
After a wildly successful drinking career, I finally retired 11 years ago. I’d love to say that it was a considered decision after mature reflections and conversations with loved ones. But no. After yet another solo drinking spree, I woke up fully clothed on the cold hard tiles of my bathroom floor. Mornings like this had led to weeks of sobriety before. But this day, it felt different, and as I vowed never to self-medicate again, I knew I was done for good.
Stop underfunding Hawaii’s critical nonprofits
Hawaii is a special place, and it’s the people who make it a compassionate community. We show aloha for our family, friends, neighbors and even complete strangers. All of us at one time or another, have benefited from the care of others.
If only Taylor Swift were dating the national debt
If only Taylor Swift were dating the national debt.
Before we can regulate AI, we need to know its boundaries
Governments around the world are racing to regulate artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Biden administration recently issued an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI. And the European Union reached provisional agreement on its long-awaited AI Act.
The EU needs a better response to Viktor Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s agreement to lift his hold on €50 billion of financial support for Ukraine marks an important victory for both Kyiv and the European Union. The long-term funding is essential to keeping Ukraine’s government and public services running. The EU’s success in standing up to Orban will bolster the bloc’s credibility and capacity to function. Even so, Europe’s leaders need to examine the reasons for the impasse and how to prevent it from happening again.
The Facebook I knew should not have left Harvard
When last week Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a photograph of his Facebook page from 20 years ago — back when it was “thefacebook” — it was, for me, a little like the sponge cake that cast Proust back in time. The bare-bones profile page felt achingly familiar because I was one of thefacebook’s first few dozen users.
The big day of love
Valentine’s Day wasn’t always hearts and flowers.
Hamas has little interest in diplomatic solutions
Benjamin Netanyahu might have been too kind this week when he called Hamas’ response to a cease-fire proposal brokered by Qatar “delusional.”
Letters to the editor, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024
Knowledge is the key to freedom
Denigration of the media has become a political mainstay
In the 1990s, someone wrote in The Weekly Standard that for conservatives to triumph, they had to attack the messenger rather than the message. His advice was to go after the media, not the news.
Anheuser-Busch stock climbs after Trump endorses Bud Light. ‘Not a Woke company’
ST. LOUIS — Anheuser-Busch InBev stock prices are inching closer to what they were last year before sales tanked, thanks at least in part to a recent endorsement by former President Donald Trump.
Two key antiabortion studies have been retracted as junk science. Will the Supreme Court care?
If the effort to ban medication abortion now before the Supreme Court demonstrates anything, it’s that the damage caused in our society by junk science can be disastrous indeed.
How can our federal government solve big problems? How about over dinner?
Congress is frozen. It can’t even pass a budget, the fundamental task of governments. The long-term thinking is: How do we get to next week? World leaders wonder what has happened to the U.S.
Letters to the Editor for February 10
It’s time for a new Maui police chief
As I See It: The messiah and false messiahs
There is a bogeyman or hobgoblin many of us have been taught to fear for about 2,000 years. People have been expecting for several thousand years that there will be a messiah, a savior who would bring prosperity, love and peace for everyone, with an end to pain, misery, hunger and worry. One messiah has been accepted by billions of people, who anticipate his return.
