Editorials

What if coronavirus killed the handshake?

The handshake as we know it might date back to the 14th century, when knights and soldiers would…

Editorials

Long lines in Texas on Super Tuesday were unacceptable. We must not have a repeat in the fall

Voting is a democracy’s best expression of the power of the people to choose the elected officials who…

Editorials

Never mind Trump. Coronavirus shows why electing competent state and local officials is vital.

How the president responds to a disease outbreak is important, but it is only one aspect of multifaceted…

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China is using the cover of coronavirus to escalate its repression in Hong Kong

The pro-democracy demonstrations that rocked Hong Kong last year have lulled, in part because the city is under…

Editorials

Schumer’s comments to high court crossed the line

After first indignantly defending them, the Senate’s top-ranking Democrat, Charles Schumer of New York, on Thursday walked back…

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Our crazy primary system invites people to waste their early votes on drop-out candidates. That needs to change

As Texans headed to the polls to cast their votes on Super Tuesday, we’d be lying if we…

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Editorial: Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s crash site isn’t a souvenir stand for sheriff’s deputies

The word that best describes it is “unconscionable.” A sheriff’s deputy acquires a sensitive photo of human remains…

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Editorial: Call them what they are — indoctrination camps

China can no longer credibly claim the concentration camps in Xinjiang province are vocational skills training centers. The…

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The FBI nabs four extremists for threatening journalists in Texas and other states

In sifting signs of the times, one came through the other day like an alarm bell, the sort…

Editorials

Editorial:Disinformation goes viral

Two opposing but equally malignant approaches to the coronavirus epidemic are emerging. One would flood the information space…