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Opinion

‘Wish list’ for peace in Russia-Ukraine war fails many tests

Last week, a 28-point “peace plan” for the Russia-Ukraine war surfaced. It was apparently fleshed out in Miami over cocktails by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Witkoff’s Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev. Many critics ...

Unleash power of generosity on Giving Tuesday

You’ve made it through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Artists Sunday and Cyber Monday. It’s a long series of days on which businesses big and small and even some individuals are hoping you’ll be spending some (or all) of your holiday shopping budget with them. Now we have ...

Stop the trial-lawyer tax

Trial lawyers have been the bane of U.S. employers for many decades, sucking blood out of the economy like a swarm of mosquitos. The most famous case was back in the 1990s when the courts awarded a $500,000 judgment to a McDonald’s customer who claimed she was burned by coffee that was too ...

Can the ‘Lost Generation’ ever be found?

The current generation “Z” — those now roughly between 13 and 28 years old — is becoming our 21st-century version of the “Lost Generation.” Members of Gen Z are often nicknamed “Zoomers,” a term used to describe young adults who came of age in the era of smartphones, social ...

Deviancy hits new low in US

The central scandal in the Epstein sex abuse ring targeting children is not the sex. It’s the children. What powerful men do with grown-up women — that is, females 18 or older — bothers me little. I never cared much about Donald Trump’s assignation with porn star Stormy Daniels. ...

Not ready for female president?

Former first lady Michelle Obama says America is not ready for a female president. In a series of recent interviews promoting her new book, Michelle Obama points to the losses of Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton as evidence of what she regards as sexism. Recall that similar things were once ...