Opinion
Why we cling to clothes we never wear
We buy shoes we don’t wear, wear shoes we don’t like and have — buried at the bottom of a drawer — a cute bra that no longer ...
Your vocal variety
“Watch your tone”, you often heard as child.Those were the words of a wise parent or grandparent who had learned from life’s experie...
China is using fentanyl in a chemical war against America
Fentanyl is the synthetic opioid driving America’s public health crisis. Its cheap price, widespread use, addictive quality and deadly effect m...
Selective outrage about Kevin Spacey
I first saw Kevin Spacey in an old crime series called “Wiseguy.” It was about three decades ago, and he played a character who had bibli...
What are you in jail for? I rented a couch
A payment dispute over a sofa and a television should never become a life-altering felony and jail time. And police have more important work to do tha...
Thoughts and prayers’ are not enough
It’s been one endless, exhausting “thoughts and prayers” season — a mass shooting, coast-to-coast disasters, loss of lives and...
Why is our child poverty rate so high?
Articles about America’s high levels of child poverty are a media evergreen. Here’s a typical entry, courtesy of the New York Times’...
Trump Jr. is right about free speech on campus
We on the Star-Telegram Editorial Board don’t often find ourselves in the position of defending a member of the First Family, but on his recent ...
Weinstein sex accusations show the power of social media and the limits of shame in our celebrity-driven world
Note to men with unseemly, to say nothing of perverse, intentions: There are no more hiding places.Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets a...
Sugar, carbs and cancer links
In August of 2016, the New England Journal of Medicine published a striking report on cancer and body fat: Thirteen separate cancers can now be linke...
