Editorial: Health care workers shouldn’t make patients sick. Hospitals must mandate COVID vaccines
Editorial: Show time: A congressional committee will get Trump’s taxes, but the public won’t
Editorial: A bipartisan bill would help the USPS take a step toward sustainable solvency
Commentary: Personal responsibility matters in fight against COVID. So does good public health info
On Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a new executive order that will make it harder for local officials to require face coverings, including in schools, and forbids …
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Commentary: Simone Biles delivered a mental health message much of the world wasn’t ready to hear
When Simone Biles withdrew from the Olympic women’s gymnastics team final last week because of her …
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Analysis: Groundhog Day in Texas
School starts in August, just as what could have been a return to normal has become the resurrection of …
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Analysis: Texas government has to put Humpty Dumpty together again
Nobody in state government could count shutting down the Texas Legislature as a political win. Gov. …
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Analysis: A virus unfettered among the unvaccinated
At this time last year, we were at what was then a peak in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and …
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Analysis: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott heads for the border
The Texas Legislature has gone home, and Gov. Greg Abbott — who’ll be seeking …
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How work will change permanently after the pandemic
Last spring, the COVID-19 pandemic caused perhaps the worst job losses since the Great Depression. …
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Rebuilding trust, one conversation at a time
The ever-growing democracy reform movement is built around the idea that the American democracy is in trouble because the system is broken. …
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Allowing poor children to go hungry would cost society more than Biden’s child tax credit expansion
For some, President Joe Biden’s plan to deposit up to $300 per child into the bank accounts of millions of low-income American families each …
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The debate about critical race theory and the trouble with living in denial
I’m a big believer in self-reflection on a personal level, a professional level and a societal level. I firmly believe that if we as …
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Schools let a yearlong crisis go to waste
With less than a month to go before summer holidays, schools in Berlin are about to reopen for normal classroom learning. It’s not much of a …
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Supreme Court’s generational divide seen in computer fraud case
In an important 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court pushed back against prosecutorial overreach in computer-related misconduct. What’s most …
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Teach a man to fish ... or not
You may have heard the proverb, “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ll feed him for a lifetime …
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US exit from Afghanistan spells doom for translators, unless Biden steps in
The pleas from Afghan interpreters under Taliban death threat because they worked for the U.S. military are growing increasingly desperate — …
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Embracing Trump, a Bush puts fealty above family in bid for Texas attorney general
George P. Bush, the Texas land commissioner, announced last week his bid for the Republican nomination for state attorney general. "We need an …
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The right’s attack on Fauci shows it has nothing in its policy tank but slogans
All politicians appreciate the power of a symbol, a slogan or a mantra. That must account for the right wing's transformation of the name of …
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Why Katie Hill has to pay legal fees for a newspaper that published nude photos of her
I feel for former U.S. Rep. Katie Hill, I really do. Hill, 33, was a rising Democratic star from a traditionally red California district. Her …
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LETTER: It’s time to abolish the filibuster
Every senator who protects the filibuster is guilty of protecting a Jim Crow relic that was used to block civil rights legislation for decades. …
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LETTERS: Sweetheart deal
Residents of Cedar Park will have an increase in their bills from PEC because CP has doubled the franchise fee from 2% to 4%. While causing …
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An open letter to Cedar Park voters
An Open Letter to Cedar Park Voters We have a city election on May 1. Early voting will begin April 19 and conclude on April 27.
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LETTER: Conservatives only?
I had not been to the YMCA in quite a while since COVID-19 started.Two weeks ago I thought I would try it again. I walked into the exercise …
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Understanding how it could happen here
It's hard to accept that your guy is a traitor. Southern culture has taught many to fear minorities, but it wasn't Blacks, or Hipanics, or …
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Cruz must resign
I was a cadet fourth class (freshman) at the Air Force Academy the last time our nation's capital was attacked. I was only seventeen but had …
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