More Opinion Columns
Alex Johnson
Gun violence is a disease. Health care can help.
The strategy is always to manage the most acutely affected, reduce the likelihood of further contamination, study the condition to understand its most dangerous characteristics, and begin to look for a cause.
Stephen Kinzer
Republicans return to their roots as the antiwar party
Since the Vietnam era, Americans have come to expect antiwar rhetoric from liberal Democrats. Cancel that.
SCOT LEHIGH
Doubts dog a Paris-prompted vision for swimming in Boston
Pool reporting gets dirty in the City of Light.
Joan Vennochi
We live with the carnage of gun violence because that’s what America wants
Not all Americans believe in the right to massacre our fellow citizens — just enough to elect and reelect representatives who reflect that value system in Washington, and will stop any federal measures to limit who can acquire a military-style assault weapon without background checks for mental health issues.
David Hogg and John Rosenthal
When it comes to gun control, our children are Generation Abandoned
Common-sense gun safety legislation routinely dies in the US Senate because of the filibuster. The Biden administration could get around the filibuster through executive orders, such as the recent one on ghost guns.
JEFF JACOBY
Georgia voters expose the ‘Jim Crow’ smear as a lie
Early voting in the state’s primary election broke every previous record.
RENÉE GRAHAM
America let George Floyd’s death fester in vain
Two years after Floyd’s murder by police, the ‘racial reckoning’ faded faster than all those Black Lives Matter signs.
Mitchell Zuckoff
Is cryptocurrency a Ponzi scheme?
Crypto believers reject the accusation by citing the relative transparency of the currencies’ methods and the absence of deception. Detractors say the lack of underlying assets or government backing qualifies crypto for the Ponzi duck test.