Editorials

Three generations of LaTrisha Vetaw’s family have smoked menthol cigarettes. It might even be four, since Vetaw knows that her great-grandfather smoked but isn’t sure what brand he lit up. It is a family tradition…

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday spoke about the horror of the May 24 mass shooting that killed  19 elementary students and two teachers.  McConaughey, a gun owner, visited with President…

Savannah Brooks has been an athlete her whole life. She enjoys kickboxing and has trained for mixed martial arts competitions. But in April, the 30-year-old Minneapolis woman tested positive for COVID-19. It didn’t make her…

The biggest vote of confidence in the U.S. economy is business continuing to hire at a strong rate and Americans continuing to return to work. The United States added back 390,000 jobs in May, once…

Buffalo Rep. Chris Jacobs, in Congress for just two years, had one week of being a real leader and a man worthy of the title, The Honorable. Eight days ago, in the wake of the…

Centrist Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona continue frustrating their party by protecting the filibuster, that anachronistic Senate rule that has allowed the Republican minority to stymie much of…

LONDON (AP) — Britain is getting ready for a party featuring mounted troops, solemn prayers — and a pack of dancing mechanical corgis. The nation will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne…

The invasion Vladimir Putin thought would last days is now in its fourth month. The Ukrainian people surprised Russia and inspired the world with their sacrifice, grit and battlefield success. The free world and many…

Silence is not an option. Offering your thoughts and prayers is not working. Ignoring the problem is not a viable strategy. Ignoring guns is not the answer. Whether it’s the Sandy Hook shooter or the…

Randy Gardner was a 17-year-old San Diego student in 1963 when he set the world record for the longest stretch of time a human had gone without sleep. For 11 days and 24 minutes, Gardner…