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Opinion

U.S. is right to push back on Chinese human rights abuses

In 1936, human rights advocates pushed for a boycott of the “Nazi Olympics,” two years after Adolf Hitler seized power and began persecuting Jews. Some critics claimed the move was hypocritical given the ongoing discrimination against Black people in the United States.
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Strickland’s case shows why Missouri’s compensation law needs changes

The exoneration of Kevin Strickland, who spent almost 43 years in prison for murders he didn’t commit, has spotlighted the cruel cynicism of Missouri’s political leadership, with both the governor and attorney general refusing to correct this injustice due to political considerations. It’s also spotlighting an injustice in Missouri law, which doesn’t allow compensation to be paid for wrongly imprisoned people unless DNA evidence is part of their exoneration.
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Love of tradition is a comfort in hard times

Tomorrow, my husband and I hope to get a Christmas tree. We will decorate it with a flock of fake red birds, some snowflakes that my grandmother crocheted long ago, and a few tacky, but treasured, ornaments.
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What happened to our big dreams?

We have launched a spacecraft – like a bottle rocket challenging a pterodactyl – far into space to crash into a small asteroid. The idea is to nudge it to a slightly different course and learn more so someday, if needed, we could do the same thing to an asteroid big and bad enough to take out the planet.
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A modest proposal or two for the bleak days

Have you ever come across the British cartoonist Heath Robinson? His drawings were of fabulously weird and wonderful inventions that could never in a million years actually work, but they are so brilliant you just wish they could. Look him up – I know it will please you.
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Build Back Better provides break for the rich

Oh, the irony. Republicans who pushed through the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefitted the wealthy have launched an attack on President Biden's Build Back Better plan by claiming it caters to the rich.
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Faith communities have the power to get more Americans vaccinated

With the colder weather, Americans are spending more time together indoors, including with family and friends to celebrate the holidays. Are they safe doing so? Currently, more than 30% of Americans remain completely unvaccinated, and COVID-19 cases are surging again in many states, increasing the risks of indoor gatherings even for those vaccinated.
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Senate ethics panel must address senators’ Jan. 6 actions

Ten months after a group of Senate Democrats lodged ethics complaints into the conduct of Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas regarding their roles in sparking the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the Senate Ethics Committee has shown no sign of movement. Both senators tell Politico they haven’t even been contacted by the committee.
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