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Opinion

Prison workers worth money being paid — and then some

Editorial

There are few professions that are inherently more stressful, grueling, and, indeed, dangerous, than that of a modern day prison guard. The people employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections every day face a mixed bag of murderers, rapists and thieves. The inevitable result is terrible ...

Get ready to say goodbye to social media

Columns

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Covid should have killed off digital freedom. Governments around the world used an overwhelmingly survivable virus to usher in a digital surveillance framework under the pretext of vaccination verification. Now, "child safety" is positioned to finish the ...

Magic medicine?

Columns

People are excited about peptides. The internet is filled with claims: Peptides raise your energy, boost metabolism, clear your skin, slow down aging, build more muscle, repair injuries ... I want some! But there's a problem: The FDA bans most of them. Why? Dr. Anita Gupta, an ...

Remembering a hero from long past

Editorial

It's our sincere belief that warts or no warts, these United States of America remains a singular force for good in the world, which can be demonstrated many ways but one in particular grabbed our attention recently that may have passed unnoticed to many people. Last Saturday, flags at state ...

Platner’s populist challenge excites Dems — cautiously

Columns

When I heard President Donald Trump go ballistic over Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, it made me want to hear more about Graham Platner. After Platner won Maine's Democratic primary last week, Trump trolled Platner as "thug" and called the Democratic Party hypocritical for ...

Trump’s non-victory is a terrible failure

Columns

Trump again claims victory in Iran. He's claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called "agreement" with Iran. That agreement, which appears to be no more than a memo of understanding — that is, a set of principles to which Iran and the United States have agreed — stops the fighting ...