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Mr. Rogers and Parents at the Border

In these warm Ohio months, when my daughter was an infant, I'd strap her into the stroller most evenings and take her for a long walk before bedtime.One neighbor, just a few houses down, had his own evening habit of dragging his hose with a rotating sprinkler to the edge of his lawn and aiming ...

What the Cave Boys Teach Us About Abortion

Twelve boys and their adult coach trapped in a dank, oxygen-deprived cave in Thailand riveted the world's attention for two weeks. Why, people ask at times like this, are we so focused on these individuals when half a million Rohingya refugee children are in danger of starving on the Bangladesh ...

Trump needs to go deeper in questioning NATO’s blank check

U.S. President Donald Trump limbered up in the bullpen for his meeting with NATO alliance leaders this week by riffing on one of his favorite themes: getting ripped off."I'm going to tell NATO: You've got to start paying your bills," Trump said earlier this week, suggesting that he'll be ...

Yes, the Supreme Court is undemocratic

In an era of partisan polarization, it is rare to get agreement on anything, but about this there should be a consensus: The Supreme Court is an undemocratic institution whose power should be carefully circumscribed.The right has long been of this view, and the left is suddenly and ...

Congress needs to take responsiblity for federal spending

The Government Accountability Office has once again warned Congress that the federal government's current fiscal trajectory is "unsustainable."In a report submitted to Congress on June 21, the GAO notes the federal deficit has continued to grow every year in the last few years. In fiscal year ...

Thumbs Up

<em>Each week the Standard-Examiner hashes out issues large and small and takes a thumbs-up, thumbs-down stance. Have a thumbs-up or thumbs-down you’d like to give? Email a submission of 100 words or less to jmccabe@standard.net.</em><em>Here’s what ...