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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 02:22

Some kinds of dogs shouldn't be allowed as pets

Over the last two years, at least five people in the U.K. have been killed by American XL bully dogs, prompting no less than the prime minister himself to come forward with a plan to control the dogs. The upshot of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s policy is that they will have to be registered, neutered, muzzled in public and insured, with an eventual ban to follow.

2023-09-24 16:00

Big agriculture doesn’t want a fair Farm Bill

The United States’ food system is facing a crisis eerily similar to what we experienced almost 100 years ago: A corporate-dominated marketplace, strangled by an elite few, that holds farmers and consumers hostage to greed.

2023-09-21 16:24

Where do you stand on possible ballot questions?

A spot on the November 2024 state ballot remains in play for the most closely-watched initiative petitions, including the removal of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, allowing the auditor to scrutinize the workings of the state Legislature, and the decriminalization of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms.

2023-09-21 15:55

Welker's 'Meet the Press' Trump interview was a gross dereliction of journalistic duty

When Chuck Todd announced in June that he would be retiring as host of "Meet the Press," not a few people who take politics seriously breathed a sigh of relief: No more of Todd's insight-free, planed-down, both-sides-do-it horse race approach to news.

2023-09-20 16:00

Zelenskyy is coming to Washington to ask for more Ukraine aid. Congress should say yes

After three months of grueling combat against Russian troops, Ukraine's summer offensive is finally showing results - but not the dramatic breakthrough Ukrainians and their supporters in the West hoped for.

2023-09-19 16:00

The US and Vietnam should boost their relationship. China looms large

If you were to tell an American in 1973 that there would come a time when a future U.S. president was warmly greeted in Hanoi, he or she might have called you crazy. And yet, that's precisely what happened last weekend, when President Joe Biden flew into the Vietnamese capital, met with the senior leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and departed with a strategic part...

2023-09-18 16:00

Hunter Biden was indicted on gun charges. Here's the real reason he's in trouble

Hunter Biden was charged Thursday with three felonies related to lying on a 2018 application to buy a gun. But it's hard not to conclude that his true offense is being the son of a president whom Republicans are hell-bent on vilifying and defeating.

2023-09-17 16:00

Taking young kids to New York may sound like a nightmare, but it's totally worth it

When my husband suggested that the kids and I accompany him on a work trip to New York City, I am fairly certain that I laughed out loud.

2023-09-14 16:00

The Irish are coming, back with 3 fine movies for the 9th annual Irish American Movie Hooley

You've got to hand it to Mike Houlihan.

2023-09-14 15:40

Why I won't miss summer

Remember when you couldn't wait for the first day of summer? “No more pencils, no more books. No more teacher's dirty looks.” Suddenly the stress of exams and the burden of homework were gone. There was no alarm clock, no rush to catch the school bus. Instead of dodging that scary bully on the recess yard, you'd leap at trips to the beach, the local pool or the amusement park.

2023-09-13 16:00

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