USA Today: Opinion
- We keep putting up with Donald Trump’s tantrums: Readers sound off
Sunday - 11/18/2018 - 11:13 AMFrom Trump's fight with Acosta to having a support system to battle alcoholism to the midterm results, our readers sound off on recent headlines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - We're facing a world without elephants: James A. Baker III
Saturday - 11/17/2018 - 06:00 AMNo one wants to imagine a world without elephants. But it's a distinct possibility unless a global effort succeeds in preserving them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida finally got it right on voting for ex-felons. It's not just about rights, it's about public health
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 04:22 PMFormerly incarcerated suffer more from chronic illnesses and are less likely to have health care. It couldn't be more critical for them to vote their interests.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kimmel to Trump: 'Bob Mueller is moving on you like a witch'
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 12:18 PMWhat's the most talked about stuff happening in Washington this week? The comics tell you in Best of Late Night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 1 million voters can't be wrong. Martha McSally should join Kyrsten Sinema in the Senate
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:00 AMKyrsten Sinema will be Arizona's next senator. Martha McSally should be, too.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Despite the risks, I can't imagine being anything but a California firefighter
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 04:00 AMI’ve never met a firefighter who thought of him or herself as a hero. Certainly, I never did. Everything we do, we do because it’s part of the job.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Avenatti is latest man to deny domestic violence. Stats show they can't all be innocent.
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 03:39 PMAvenatti denies new domestic abuse charges. We'll wait for the truth to come out but, logically, it is hard to believe 10 million victims are liars.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - E-cigs epidemic among youth: FDA chief Scott Gottlieb
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 10:39 AMHealth reporter Jayne O'Donnell talks to Food and Drug Administration commissioner about opioids, cigarettes and addiction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How can Donald Trump be re-elected in 2020? By talking about the economy
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 07:00 AMPresident Donald Trump can enjoy a re-election landslide if he embraces the boring and repeats the phrase 'peace and prosperity.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Midterms show that voters are ready for criminal justice reform. Is Congress?
Wednesday - 11/14/2018 - 09:02 PMBallot measures across the country restored right to vote for felons, rejected war on drugs, and tightened police accountability.
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- Florida's disorganized ballot counting exposed the dark underbelly of election systems
Sunday - 11/18/2018 - 07:00 AMIt is harder to build trust in our election system than it is to destroy it. Still, there are reforms that both parties should be able to support.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Do needle exchanges reduce the spread of infectious disease? The research isn't clear.
Saturday - 11/17/2018 - 06:00 AMAn analysis of these controversial programs in the U.S. was inconclusive. But studies in Europe show the programs are effective. What's going on?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Trump can make it up to the military and 'the vets' for recent fails
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 01:56 PMNot only did the commander in chief skip the centennial WWI ceremony and Arlington cemetery, he has yet to visit U.S. troops in a war zone: Our view
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As Maine goes with ranked-choice voting, so should New Hampshire — and everywhere else
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 11:54 AMWhen voters rank their first, second and third-choice candidates, the winner is backed by at least half of voters — not a radical idea for democracy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats owe Pelosi the chance to be Speaker. Their plot to deny her of it is foolish.
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 05:00 AMNancy Pelosi has proven her worth as Speaker of the House. Democrats are denying reality if they deny her of the position.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Midterm losses humbled and changed other presidents. Will Trump follow suit? Dream on.
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 03:15 AMPast presidents have been able to overcome midterm thrashings by achieving legislative success. Trump's hesitance to compromise could cost him in 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FDA restrictions on menthol cigarettes and teen vaping show promise
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 01:59 PMMore than half of smokers ages 12-17 use menthol; 3.6 million middle- and high-school kids smoke e-cigarettes. Public health is at stake: Our view
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lame-duck Congress' rush for criminal justice reform plan will hurt, not help: Tom Cotton
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 09:03 AMCongress must reform our criminal code, include mens rea as an element of most crimes, and strengthen the sentences for dangerous drug crimes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whitaker will break public trust and federal law if he controls Mueller investigation
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 08:07 AMWhitaker must recuse from the Mueller investigation to make clear he will fulfill his oath to serve the Constitution and not Trump's personal agenda.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fox News, Tucker Carlson need to take accountability for their words, too: Today's talker
Wednesday - 11/14/2018 - 10:16 AMFox News hasn't tweeted in a week. If only the cable news network would hold its poster child Tucker Carlson to the same standards as it does Twitter.
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- Biased federal judges — not Trump's agenda — are the real threat to our constitutional order
Sunday - 11/18/2018 - 06:00 AMFederal judges refuse to let Trump exercise the same powers as past presidents — not because he's flouting the law, but because they don't like him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Drinking the Kool-Aid' will never mean the same. How a horrible massacre changed a common phrase
Saturday - 11/17/2018 - 11:15 AM'Drinking the Kool-Aid' was a pivotal part in the deaths of 918 people in the Jonestown Massacre.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VA secretary: President Trump has kept his promises
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 02:03 PMNot since President Lincoln has another president done more to 'care for him who shall have borne the battle,' writes Robert L. Wilkie, VA secretary
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov.-elect: I climbed a wind turbine and won. Voters across US chose climate leaders.
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 06:00 AMThe wildfires devastating California are a sign that we need to confront climate change and embrace clean energy. Midterms show US voters are ready.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - My 'bottom' was being drunk on TV. But I'm grateful I hit it before I killed myself or others
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:00 AMI stopped drinking in 1992, so I thought society's drinking problem had changed along with my own. In fact, alcohol-related deaths are on the rise.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Menthol ban will make a bad situation worse
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 05:53 PMThe FDA’s naive plan will lead to countless unintended consequences, writes Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the Consumer Choice Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Want more federal judges? Protect Robert Mueller: Today's talker
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 02:41 PMJeff Flake came out in support of protecting Robert Mueller's investigation, and he won't confirm judges until then. Is it more barking and no bite?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jemel Roberson's avoidable death: Reform deadly force laws, require police to de-escalate
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 05:00 AMState laws should require police de-escalation. That could have saved uniformed security guard Jemel Roberson, who was shot and killed by an officer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jeb Bush has advice for new governors: Ignore DC's 'gridlock, dysfunction and arrogance'
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 06:00 AMGovernors have power to innovate, drive the conversation and to problem solve, and I believe governors can have the most impact on education.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After historic midterm election wins, Muslims struggle a little less to feel fully American
Wednesday - 11/14/2018 - 07:00 AMMuslims watched the midterm elections with a new sense of belonging. Finally, we don't have to choose between our American and Muslim identities.
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