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The Homefront: Get even with bugs by biting (and chewing) back

There is a way to eliminate those bugs destroying your gardens ... A few weeks ago, my husband and I went to the Natural History Museum of Utah’s Bugfest — an annual event that introduces us humans to the wriggling masses of critters with whom we share this planet. Through dozens of ...

Erickson: Life

A few weeks ago, I participated in a "Care-a-Thon" for the AFLAC Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. For 25 years, my flagship radio station, WSB Radio in Atlanta, has raised millions of dollars to fund resources for children battling cancer and blood ...

BARONE: Redistricting in historic perspective

In assessing the current controversy over Texas Republicans' proposed redistricting of the state's U.S. House seats, two historic facts should be considered. One is that the principle of equal representation by population is well established in American history. In 1787, the Constitutional ...

NAPOLITANO: The right to be left alone

What if the federal government captures in real time the contents of every telephone call, email and text message and all the fiber-optic data generated by every person and entity in the United States 24/7? What if this mass surveillance was never authorized by any federal law and tramples the ...

HARROP: Are we beginning to fix immigration?

It's with some discomfort that I consider the possibility that Trump's radical immigration agenda will lead to better immigration policies. The discomfort comes from the cruelty involved: the roughing up of good people who've been quietly working, the celebrations of brutal incarceration, the ...

Guest opinion: Gerrymandering districts should concern us all

The issue of gerrymandering has taken a bit of the stage in politics lately. It’s because Texas is trying to redraw its district lines, this directive coming from President Donald J. Trump through Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives. As ...