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A man straps two children to his chest, draws a knife, and charges toward you screaming death threats. Your own child cowers behind you. You have seconds to decide: allow this attacker to murder you ...

Hi, this is Kevin, I’m Lovina’s youngest son. She calls me the baby, but I don’t like being called that. I decided to write the column while she is downstairs washing laundry. I’ve always wanted to ...

Turns out humor is the best medicine, and column style. And then, I kept doing it over and over and over again: Writing columns in a conversational tone, with a cadence that was closer to standup ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With not enough candidates on the ballot — or none in some cases — for open seats, people filed as write-ins for a number of those spots. Monday was the deadline for write-in candidates ...

My journey to becoming a Democrat started well before Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election in Georgia. There’s no date on a calendar or line in the sand that points to the exact moment in ...

Ms. O’Rourke is the executive editor of The Yale Review and a professor of creative writing at Yale University. July 18, 2025 When I first told ChatGPT who I was, it sent a gushing reply: “Oh wow — it ...

I’m generally optimistic about all the ways artificial intelligence is going to make life better — scientific research, medical diagnoses, tutoring and my favorite current use, vacation planning. But ...

To begin with, I would like to thank the Nation for giving me an opportunity of sharing my Kenya experiences. It is not easy, having written more than 20 articles in the Sunday Nation, to abruptly ...

Writing a column for the newspaper is very different from writing a news story. In a column, I am allowed to tell my story, give my opinion and well, as most of you know, talk... Writing a column for ...

The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced. For the last several months, the Trump administration’s reckless use of executive power, ...

This column is a bit more personal than others. No, there are no drastic conditions to report, and I am not giving up the column, just making a little adjustment. Here’s some history for context. It ...