Since the Republican convention and most recently in his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to promote trade tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods, as his economic cure-all for…

A piece of advice for making your vote count this November: Be skeptical of the mail. There are too many signs that the postal system in Kansas and Missouri isn’t working quite as it should.…

My library card is printed with my account number on the back and the words “I Read Banned Books” on the front. I swapped out my old card for this one in 2022, when the…

Over a decade ago, when political parties didn’t treat their rivals as mortal enemies, the Republican president of the Florida Senate, Jeff Atwater, would remind his colleagues: “Don’t fear the debate.” I remember them as…

This month, a brief, ambitious and many would say calamitous experiment came to an end: Oregon rolled back Measure 110, its policy decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Rather than handing out…

Springfield, Ohio is the latest example of the damage rumors can cause. What began as mean-spirited insults has spiraled into death threats for the community. Over the past week, the mid-sized town has received more…

With a coveted Taylor Swift endorsement rolling out earlier this month, everyone seems to be talking about the engagement of young voters this election cycle. Young people — typically, this is measured by those under…

The Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese rivalry has been a central W.N.B.A. story line this season. The two most-watched games have been between Clark’s Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Reese’s team, even though both…

What ails Europe? The European Union’s gross domestic product per person last year added up to only about 73 percent of America’s, accounting for differences in purchasing power. This is down in real terms from…

If you watched last week’s presidential debate or clips from it, you probably heard my hometown of Springfield, Ohio, referenced in a less-than-favorable way. The back-and-forth has ignited a surge of outside opinions on our…