How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025. This is not the first…
Column: Ask A Woman Who Knows by Joyce Terry
Question: When do you know it is time to let go, whether in a relationship or friendship? Response: For me, the short answer is when there is an absence of…
The Responsibility We Have of Friends by Steve Wickham
Deep friendships mean abysmal betrayals, when, for some reason, the relationship ends. Inevitably every close relationship, friendships particularly, are affected by conflict, and ultimately some skirmish occurs to test the…
“Politics, Hate, and the Power of Words” or Where Politics Ends and Hate Begins by Stanley Johnson
The line separating hate speech from political speech is one of the most vexing issues of modern democracies. Both phenomena deal with the power of language in society, but they…