How to heal our epidemic of loneliness?
WASHINGTON — If Sen. Ben Sasse is right — he has not recently been wrong about anything important — the nation’s most-discussed political problem is entangled with the least-understood public health problem. The political problem is furious partisanship. The public health problem is loneliness. Sasse’s new book argues that Americans are richer, more informed and “connected” than ever — and unhappier, more isolated and less fulfilled.
The Catholic Church has only one path to healing: light and truth
The scourge of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church spans the globe and stretches back further than memory can reach.
Cartoon for October 14
The Big Island as seen by Hawaii Tribune-Herald cartoonist Gary Hoff.
Your Views for October 13
Start right now
Cartoon for October 13
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Memo to Jeff Sessions on policing in Chicago
To: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
The latest example of a Trump adviser going bananas
WASHINGTON — Just in time for the election, the Trump administration is back to its monkey business.
Your Views for October 12
Too many ‘sky rats’
Cartoon for October 12
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Trump’s trolling vs. the ‘constitution of knowledge’
WASHINGTON — On the road again, and full of indignation about, or perhaps admiration for, what he called “made-up” and “fabricated” Democratic accusations during the recent judicial confirmation turmoil, America’s feral president swerved into a denunciation of a nonexistent bill — “It’s called ‘the open borders bill’” — that, he thundered, “every single Democrat” in the Senate “signed up for.”