Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil spotted his shadow again. Wonder if Phyllis might be a little braver. Six more weeks of winter, but I won’t waste any day.
Author: Connie Schultz, USA TODAY
Two years after Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Republicans are divided as ever
In the shadow of Jan. 6 attack, Kevin McCarthy’s speaker vote circus on Capitol Hill only makes America look more vulnerable to the rest of the world.
So, this is Christmas: Embrace the joy and beauty of the season, even when it’s hard
As a practicing Christian, I am called to acknowledge the suffering and do what I can to help. I look for permission to feel the joy of the season.
How the Guardians, and SpongeBob, finally made me fall in love with Cleveland baseball
Cleveland’s baseball team has not won a World Series since 1948. This year turned out to be no different, except it is different in almost every way.
Americans want stricter gun safety measures. Gen Z will help us get there.
Generation Z is always thinking about gun violence. It’s time to listen to young people about guns and gun safety.
COVID-19 is still deadly real. Why do we allow disinformation to persist?
In the face of false, dangerous rhetoric, we don’t owe anyone silence. This is the truth: COVID is real and more than 1 million Americans have died.
‘I’m going to put a box around work’: That’s a country song waiting to happen
So much judgment-passing as the pandemic-induced resetting of workplace norms takes place. Can we remember these workers are real people?
Mother’s Day is coming, so this is for single moms and the families they’re building
When you’re little, you don’t want to be empty-handed on Mother’s Day. I speak from uneasy experience, after I had once failed to anticipate this.
I went to an anti-abortion event and found confusing messages, no crowds and the will to fight harder
The few protesters who showed up agreed ‘it’s not fair to be raped’ but insisted ‘it is never medically necessary to have an abortion.’ That’s false.
I lost my sense of smell but I still inhale the world, and I like this version of me better
Not being able to smell required adjustments that have helped me live a larger life. If this is where you are because of COVID, know there is hope.