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Commentary: Tax dollars for religious schools? Conservative justices could be the roadblock

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In 1805, New York made a deal. State officials granted taxpayer funds and a corporate charter to a private organization known as the Free School Society, which agreed in return to provide a free education to poor children in New York City. Over the next decades, the society became a precursor to modern-day charter school networks that are ...Read more

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Editorial: New York is Uncle Sam's piggy bank -- Tom DiNapoli shows the state/federal balance of payments

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Thank you to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for publishing an analysis of the balance of payments between the 50 states and the federal government. This is his ninth annual review, continuing a tradition that began when Pat Moynihan first arrived in the U.S. Senate in 1977 and that Moynihan kept up for all his 24 years of service.

Moynihan, ...Read more

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F.D. Flam: Geoengineering's risks need to be studied more

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More than a dozen private companies around the world are looking to profit from extreme measures to combat global warming — filling the sky with sunlight-blocking particles, brightening clouds or changing the chemistry of the oceans. We live in precarious times when it’s not hard to find the technology and the money to change the Earth’s ...Read more

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James Stavridis: My old warship is caught up in the battle over DEI

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In 1992, the new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry was commissioned. A powerful warship of over 9,000 tons, she is still in service and carries a formidable array of offensive and defensive weaponry. The commissioning motto, which the crew selected and was put on the ship’s crest, was “Strength and Diversity.”

I was ...Read more

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Commentary: America's Liz Truss problem

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America is having a Liz Truss moment. The problem is that America doesn’t have a Liz Truss solution.

Let me take you back to the fall of 2022 when the United Kingdom experienced its own version of political whiplash. In the span of seven weeks, no less than three Prime Ministers (and two monarchs, incidentally) tried to steer the British ...Read more

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Commentary: Excavating the burn layer in Altadena

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Every archaeologist remembers the first time they came to a layer of blackened dirt while excavating. For me it was at Tel Halif, in southern Israel. I was crouching in a hole; the dig’s director spotted the dark soil from up above.

That black dirt was a burn layer, created when fire tore through a settlement. It was the material residue of ...Read more

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Editorial: Trump is making household appliances great again

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If the government shouldn’t be in your bedroom, why is it spying on your bathroom?

This month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order repealing the federal government’s definition of “showerhead.” That definition was 13,000 words long. The White House argues that this move will make “America’s showers great again.”

If ...Read more

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Editorial: SAT, ACT scores predicts student success

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Here’s an SAT-style question that college administrators should be required to answer: What is the best predictor of a student’s academic success at an elite college?

A) Family income.

B) Skin color.

C) High school GPA.

D) Score on a standardized test, such as the SAT or ACT.

A new study from professors at Brown University and Dartmouth...Read more

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Commentary: It's time to retire the slur of DEI

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When a bridge collapsed in Baltimore in March 2024, Mayor Brandon Scott was derided as a “DEI Mayor,” a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion.

While the wildfires in Los Angeles were still burning earlier this year, some people looked at Karen Bass, the city’s first Black mayor, and Kristin Crowley, its first woman and openly gay ...Read more

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Commentary: No more delays: The REAL ID deadline must stick

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It has become as predictable as the sun rising and setting each day, that the REAL ID requirement for air travel gets delayed.

The current deadline requiring REAL ID for air travel is May 7, with no word from the Department of Homeland Security that it will be moved. The Transportation Security Administration will enforce the deadline, while ...Read more

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Commentary: US should finally depart from Syria

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On Friday, as Americans were heading home for the weekend, the Pentagon made a significant announcement: U.S. troops were in the process of withdrawing from Syria.

Multiple U.S. outposts in the northeast of the war-torn country would be vacated, and U.S. service members would be consolidated into fewer bases. “This deliberate and conditions-...Read more

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Editorial: America must resist Trump's total control

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“No king in America,” said the hand-lettered signs at protests across the nation Saturday.

It was the 250th anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord that started the American Revolution, which rid our nation of despotic rule forever.

Or so we thought.

Our new tyrant plans to dominate next year’s 250th anniversary of the ...Read more

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Michael Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s views on autism show that anti-science myths are rampant at the agency he leads

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A number of otherwise skeptical senators took at face value the pledge by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate hearings in January to "follow the science" on issues related to the causes of disease in the U.S., helping him receive confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services.

As he demonstrated last week at his very first news conference ...Read more

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Commentary: The CARGO Act -- A bipartisan fix for a $2.2 billion animal testing scandal

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Three children as members of a “board of directors.” Housing for more than 100 monkeys consisting of backyard fencing and plastic sheets. No veterinarian. No medical records. And, for years, no permit to experiment on animals.

Practically the only thing legitimate about the “consortium” of overlapping animal testing businesses created ...Read more

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Commentary: No more delays: The REAL ID deadline must stick

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It has become as predictable as the sun rising and setting each day, that the REAL ID requirement for air travel gets delayed.

The current deadline requiring REAL ID for air travel is May 7, with no word from the Department of Homeland Security that it will be moved. The Transportation Security Administration will enforce the deadline, while ...Read more

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Commentary: Being a parent can be dizzying. To reorient, I look to the stars

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Since becoming a parent, one of my favorite domestic tasks is taking out the bins on trash night. Not only are the blast of fresh air, the sudden darkness and the sigh of suburban quiet a welcome break from the barrage of stimulation of family life with a young child, it’s also a chance, on a clear night, to reflect on all the iterations of my...Read more

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Editorial: The Webb Telescope is making incredible discoveries. It may go dark

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The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even in the depths of space, there’s no escape from politics.

The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is literally parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s ...Read more

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Editorial: Greens haven't stopped vital lithium project

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Nevada is home to the largest known lithium deposit in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Radical greens would prefer the mineral remains buried in the Nevada outback. Thankfully, more rational voices are on the verge of prevailing.

This month, Ioneer Limited signed a deal with Esmeralda County to provide up to $17 million ...Read more

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Commentary: Trump's neo-colonialism tendencies ignore American history and values

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The United States had planned to send a delegation to Greenland, headed by Vice President JD Vance’s wife, Usha. But guess what? Greenland wasn’t having it, saying the visit was too provocative.

It’s a pattern. When President Donald Trump talks about buying Greenland, taking over Canada, or getting back the Panama Canal, it makes people ...Read more

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Editorial: Pope Francis inspired with compassion, mercy

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If there was one moment that exemplified the work and message of Pope Francis, it would be this: the late Pontiff embracing Vinicio Riva, a man covered in the disfiguring growths of neurofibomatosis in November 2013.

Riva, like so many others, made his way to St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican hoping for a glimpse of the pope. He got so much ...Read more

 

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