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korea

Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Do the ominous nuclear warnings to North Korea make South Korea safer?

May 6, 2023

elon musk twitter

Environment, Op/Eds, U.S. & World

Why is Elon Musk so blasé about the prospect of the world running out of water?

May 5, 2023

joe biden

Op/Eds, U.S. & World

Mr. President, the choice is yours: Do whatever is necessary to resolve the debt limit crisis

May 5, 2023

nuclear war

Op/Eds, U.S. & World

The basic premise of war is kill the bad guys: How does this make us secure?

Robert C. Koehler

May 5, 2023

nurse doctor medical health

Op/Eds, U.S. & World

CMS denying important treatment: Alzheimer’s patients, and their families ,deserve better

May 4, 2023

ben cline

Cline wants Biden to ‘come to the table’ on debt ceiling: Did he demand the same of Trump?

May 3, 2023

fascism

Op/Eds, U.S. & World

Disarm the IRS, de-militarize the bureaucracy, dismantle the standing army

May 3, 2023

news media

Mailbag: A throwback to the time when we first learned AFP had a wider reach

May 1, 2023

gun violence

Shoot first, ask questions later, now’s not the time for change, thoughts and prayers

Tom H. Hastings

April 30, 2023

staunton va

Staunton leaders vote 4-3 to back 89-cent tax rate: The political winds have shifted

April 28, 2023

supreme court

Mailbag: Readers make call for Supreme Court checks and balances, ethics reform

April 28, 2023

child teen abuse

Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Centering on the needs of survivors

Sylvia Ghazarian

April 27, 2023

constitution

The war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government

April 27, 2023

police car

The problem with policing: Stop hiring, rehiring people who are not good at the job

April 25, 2023

uva rotunda

Youngkin, Ellis leading far-right push to keep the number of Black students at UVA in line

April 24, 2023

tiktok

Op/Eds, U.S. & World

The political case against TikTok sidesteps U.S. government spying on its own citizens

April 24, 2023

climate change

Crowdsourcing at its best: Citizen science being used to monitor, combat global warming

April 24, 2023

counterculture 1960s

Blast from the past: Digitization project allows me to revisit the counterculture

Robert C. Koehler

April 21, 2023

glenn youngkin

Youngkin going all in on 2023 General Assembly races: What he’s really focused on

April 20, 2023

fascism

Speak your truth: Don’t let the government criminalize free speech

April 19, 2023

politics protest

Airline workers go on strike, seeking living wage: Courage on the picket line

April 19, 2023

police car

Augusta County residents want police body, dash cams: It’s time for leaders to deliver

April 18, 2023

climate change

To protect future generations, we must invest in our planet now: What we can all do

Kate Williams/Kathleen Rogers

April 17, 2023

teen on laptop

Is buying refurbished electronics better for the planet than buying brand new ones?

April 17, 2023

nuclear war

When have we failed to stop war? The people have the power, even if it’s unused

Tom H. Hastings

April 16, 2023

gun violence

Let there be no mistake: The era of Eternal War includes America’s mass shootings

Robert C. Koehler

April 15, 2023

china

Macron plays right into Xi’s hands: France’s diplomatic disaster in China

April 14, 2023

trump desantis

Bait and switch, voter suppression: It’s the Trump-DeSantis anti-democracy way

Tom H. Hastings

April 13, 2023

business money

Fiscal insanity: The government borrows $6 billion a day, and we’re stuck with the bill

April 12, 2023

saudi arabia

The Saudis’ new geostrategic doctrine: Regional stability, influence, keep the oil flowing

April 12, 2023

ben cline

ClineWatch: Congressman of two minds on McCarthy, Pelosi visits to Taiwan

April 12, 2023