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PARKER: Freedom is not free

At the height of the energy crisis in the 1970s, when oil prices more than sextupled, The Economist magazine showed a map of the Persian Gulf on its cover with the headline, "What's a Nice Thing Like Oil Doing in a Place Like This?" The Iranian miscreants, with whom we are now at war, ...

WSU guest opinion: The AI layoff is only the beginning

When John Muir first entered Glacier Bay in 1879, the first thing he noticed was the glacier itself. That is what anyone would notice: the mass, the force, the grinding ice. But Muir looked longer and saw what could easily have been missed — new ground, flowers, and a landscape the glacier ...

ZITO: Our civilian-military bond is cracked

On Tuesday, TMZ published a story with a dramatic all-caps headline, "PETE HEGSETH BLEW BILLION$ ON FRUIT BASKETS, LOBSTER," that was accompanied by a manufactured photo of the secretary of war surrounded by a bunch of plastic lobsters. The initial story was followed by several other "news" ...

Letter: Concern that Iran attack lacked important preparation

As a former career soldier, I believe our current engagement in Iran is a mistake that is already having worldwide repercussions. Yes, the leadership there is threatening to its citizens and the region. But now that we have rightly or wrongly decided to “do something” and use our military ...

GARVEY: The ‘easy way out’ may not be so easy after all

I've been hearing a lot lately about how it's "taking the easy way out" to use GLP-1s to lose weight. That may be true. But then again, you might be able to say the same thing about virtually every medical advancement. When you boil it down, chemotherapy is "taking the easy way out" of ...