We often say that moments of crisis do not define an individual or nation; times of crisis reveal the character of the individual or nation.
John Young Column: A plunderer needs a pretext
“Denazification and demilitarization.” neighbor nation. Nazism – those frightened masses cramming the exits to Poland. Militarization – those hunting rifles dusted off to confront invading tanks.
Ukrainian freedoms & African Americans’ freedoms are the same! Only US government response differs.
Two democracies are at risk, one in the United States and the other in Ukraine. The urgent response of our government to save these democracies could not be more different than night and day.
Nuke Power at the Brink of Bankruptcy, War, Apocalypse
Fifteen atomic reactors in Ukraine currently spew out massive quantities of radiation alongside the smoldering ruin of Chernobyl Unit 4.
John Young Column: How we cater to couch commandos
“Couch commando” wasn’t in my vocabulary until reading reports of the $73 million settlement in the suit by parents and living victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, having sued the maker of the murder weapon.
Young column: Social justice isn’t microwavable
When he said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” Martin Luther King Jr. was as serious about patience as he was about persistence.
Young column: GOP’s irrevocable split with truth
I’m not going to blame Associated Press for the clear typo in a recent story about Republican aversion to science. AP does incredible work. As the story reported, “Republicans’ faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more.”
Young column: Leaving out Joe’s No. 1 accomplishment
Leaving out Joe’s No. 1 accomplishment It’s odd. I just watched one of those dreary year-anniversary treatments of the Joe Biden presidency, and it left out his most important achievement. In newsroom talk, that’s called “burying the lede.” Staying in journalism mode, I’m going to […]
Young column: Readying airlift for reproductive rights
We speak here not of the ‘50s-‘60s, Commie kind. We speak but of the ‘22 Republican kind – the 12 GOP-controlled states prepared to ban abortion as soon as the Supreme Court gives the word.
Young Column: Who’s afraid of the big, bad ballot drop box?
Biden’s partner at each podium should be a ballot box – a mail-in ballot drop box, to be exact – a vessel of convenience for voters, a symbol of leaders who value them.
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