Opinion

A recent letter accused President Biden of making a mess. In making accusation, he states the time-worn story of Hunter Biden's pocketing millions from overseas cashing in on his father's position. These accusations have never been verified or acted upon, which makes them very questionable. Pictures with actors? Something like Trump's pictures with tyrants? And foreign policy? Getting our world reputation back helps our foreign policy in so many ways.

As the fourth wave is hitting Louisiana hospitals, pediatric facilities are seeing a swift rise in COVID cases among children 12 and under. There is a higher number of children requiring hospitalization compared to any other time in this pandemic.

We work at the George W. Bush Institute on challenges that would appear to be disconnected: modernizing America’s immigration system and promoting a reliable flow of information. But they come together directly and forcefully at America’s southern border, which remains the epicenter of the nation’s immigration debate and has emerged as a new front line in the need for truth-telling over “fake news.”

If you want to know why the country is in such trouble, look no further than the Cathy McMorris Rodgers Town Hall on Monday.

In the geologic past there were drastic changes to the climate and animals adapted. There is a chance that the drastic climate changes which eliminated dinosaurs made it possible for humans to emerge and become dominant.

Tom Brokaw labeled a special group of Americans as "The Greatest Generation."

As Americans wrestle over how to defeat the delta variant of COVID-19, China’s government is still refusing to provide the data necessary to determine the origins of the pandemic.

As if the black and brown lives that have been snuffed out by police without justification isn’t enough, there are other recent events that reveal the inadequate training and/or integrity of some police and law enforcement personnel.

Your “We the People” project did a thorough job on the national anthem question without recognizing the best reason for dropping the slaver’s doggerel set to a martial drinking tune.

One of the biggest challenges we face as a society is the lack of faith citizens have in media, government institutions and those who are quick to claim a sacred public trust, but sometimes struggle to live up to it.

Is it time yet to fight climate change? The weather we’ve experienced this summer foreshadows what we will experience more and more frequently in coming years.

Poor Cathy McMorris Rodgers must have been shocked and a little fearful. Her town hall at the Convention Center appeared to be a majority of extreme right-wing constituents and there were a few loud, rude wanna-be intimidators.

One thing COVID has changed in America is people’s ability to mind their own business.