Opinion
Domestic violence may have been at the heart of the Texas shootings
Texas authorities believe domestic violence may have been at the root of Devin Kelley’s murderous rampage in a church near San Antonio on Sunday...
Predators with a key
It didn’t start as rape. Just weeks after arriving at a Kentucky jail, Rosa (not her real name, to protect her safety) was already a target. One...
Veterans and their service dogs: Keep your paws off, please
The relationship between a service dog and a veteran is akin to a team walking a tightrope. To succeed, they must focus on each other, intently. Distr...
The world is warming even faster than expected. Trump isn’t going to act. The rest of us need to step up
The global climate is in trouble, worsening faster than experts believed only two years ago, and ambitious international steps to address the problem ...
How to reduce the deadly toll of opioids
At the end of the 20th century, Americans were worried about the dangers posed by crack cocaine. They didn’t realize that another drug menace wo...
GDF15 for weight loss
Last week we talked about this new magic protein bullet, growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), that causes weight loss when we are stressed, and a...
Did Hitler escape and move to Colombia?
A newly declassified CIA memo saying that Adolf Hitler may have been seen alive in Colombia in 1954 — long after his reported suicide in his Ber...
It’s tempting, but regulation isn’t the best way to rid Facebook, Twitter of fake news
The old saying about a lie traveling halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes has never seemed more relevant than in th...
Alternative Fact of the Week: ‘Compromise’ could have stopped the Civil War
Many have pointed out that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s veneration this week of Robert E. Lee as an honorable man and his contention...
Cornered in his public housing workplace
Once again, another American president seems to have gotten himself cornered in his Oval Office.But Donald Trump will be the first to tell you he is d...
