Too old? Scorsese, Dylan and Biden, too, damn it, are doing some of their best work now
Thank goodness America did not get to decide that 80-year-old Martin Scorsese was too old to make the indelible “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which is both so beautiful and so discomfiting that it has been haunting me.
Walk-on football players pay their way, producing for teams around the Big 10
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Joe Taylor may not be a name you know on Michigan’s football roster.
Trump’s fraud trial strategy may be politically effective. But it’s legally disastrous
Exasperated by Donald Trump’s nonresponsive monologues during testimony in his New York fraud trial this week, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron finally told the former president’s lawyer to rein him in. “This is not a political rally,” the judge said. “This is a courtroom.”
Keep abortion legal: The people keep speaking
On Aug. 8, 3.1 million people in Ohio voted on Ohio Issue 1 on their ballots, with 57% of them voting No to support the pro-choice position on women’s access to legal abortion. This past Tuesday, Nov. 7, 3.9 million people in Ohio voted on Ohio Issue 1 on their ballots with 57% of them voting Yes to support the pro-choice position on women’s access to abortion. Confused? Well, that’s the point, as the Republican legislature tried to trick the public with the August election.
The ‘who’ and the ‘why’ of chronic student absenteeism are key
As our country reflects on the decisions made to close schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe damage it did to students’ academic progress, it would be easy to assume students being out of school is a problem of the past.
Who cares? It’s only taxpayer money
Fiscal responsibility has never been a hallmark of the current administration — and President Joe Biden isn’t much concerned about changing course. Now the White House stands by as federal bureaucrats let billions in COVID aid go up in flames.
Last shot: The Supreme Court’s final chance to prevent gun free-for-all
Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that aims to undo a federal prohibition on people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms on the argument that even these individuals have an unabridged constitutional right to deadly weapons.
Making Waves: Pau Hana TMT
They had their chance and they blew it.
Letters to the editor for Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023
‘Chasms between wealth and poverty’
No, Gazans can’t rise up against Hamas
“They could have risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’état.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog ought to know better than to have said that. But those who don’t — those who had no call to pay attention to Palestinian politics until a month ago — might be forgiven for asking why Hamas has never faced a serious uprising from within their Gazan redoubt in the 17 years it has ruled the strip.
Letters to the editor for Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023
Feral pigs are
3 very dangerous zombie lies
You probably know what a “zombie lie” is, but, just in case, it’s an idea or proposition or theory that is demonstrably, logically and intuitively false but which, like a zombie, refuses to die. And it will eat your brain.
Veteran quarterback Wentz is signing with the Los Angeles Rams, AP source says
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams are signing quarterback Carson Wentz, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press.
The reality of Hamas
Let’s hope the delusional demonstrators sympathizing with Hamas — in the United States and elsewhere — caught the translation of a recent interview with a senior member of the terror group. His chilling comments deserve far more attention than they’ve received.
No more fine tuning: Fed is right to stay the course on interest rates
Last week, the Federal Reserve did the right thing by leaving well enough alone, keeping the benchmark interest rate at about 5.4%. With the acute pressure that the board and Chair Jay Powell in particular have faced in the past several months, we’re glad they’ve had the wisdom to know when to step back.
Can America afford a new nuclear weapons buildup?
Even as the Pentagon budget soars toward $1 trillion per year and President Joe Biden is seeking a $100 billion-plus emergency spending package to, among other things, provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, a new congressional commission report has suggested spending even more. This time the money would go toward a dangerous and unnecessary nuclear weapons buildup that could devour huge quantities of tax dollars for years to come.
There is no moral equivalence between Hamas’ terrorism and Israel’s defense
In the weeks since the terrorist organization Hamas launched its rockets into Israel, igniting the latest round of seemingly endless war in the Middle East, Americans have been reminded how personally so many of us view what happens in the Holy Land.
Politics, celebrity and Taylor Swift
Superstars voicing their opinion on social and political issues is nothing new in America.
After a sharp decline during the pandemic, child poverty is soaring again
When the COVID pandemic cast its dark cloud over the United States, there was an unexpected silver lining: Child poverty was all but wiped out.
Relax rules on ‘cottage food’ entrepreneurs
Hawaii is one of the most challenging states in which to start a business. Oodles of regulations and taxes and high housing, labor and shipping costs all conspire to hamstring aspiring entrepreneurs.
