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WILLIAMS: Voters deserve more than a choice between extremes

Many Americans are wrestling with a political dilemma they may not discuss openly. They are concerned about progressive policies they associate with socialism, expanding government, DEI mandates, gender-affirming policies, anti-American sentiment in higher education, and rising lawlessness. ...

HARROP: Cutting off a parent can be self-preservation, not cruelty

An in-law, age 95 and on her deathbed, was having some final conversations. She brought up a memory of her own mother, who had lost a 2-year-old daughter to a childhood disease. When she misbehaved as a child, the elderly woman recalled, "My mother would say, 'I wish you had died instead of ...

STOSSEL: Always watching

Do you worry that you're being watched? If you drive, you probably are. My new video covers the cameras that photograph the backs of millions of cars. A company called Flock has 80% of that market. Flock's CEO says the goal is to "eliminate crime." But lots of people hate the ...

HARROP: Stop buying votes. Everybody!

It would be hard to find a more insulting offer than to exchange money for your vote. That's exactly what President Donald Trump did in announcing that if voters keep Republicans in power come the midterms, he'll send every adult citizen a $5,000 check. Now, one would not put money on that ...

GARVEY: Doctors, don’t quit your day jobs

Some noise has been made lately about the imminent redundancy of the job of physician, thanks to the ascendancy of artificial intelligence (AI) medical technology. The latest volley in the discussion comes via a JAMA essay, terrifyingly titled, "Will Autonomous AI Exceed AI-Aided Physicians ...

ZITO: Ground broken on a Rust Belt powerhouse

SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. -- The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here. My Perry High School physics teacher, David Burrows, had loaded a handful of us into a ...