I have a modest proposal. We’ll get to it in a moment but, first, let’s talk about “Maus.” That, of course, is Art Spiegelman’s two-part graphic novel of his father’s experience in the Holocaust, ...

An aerial view shows a data center situated near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Va., last year. Local communities around the country are seeking more input on where and how data centers are built ...

One takeaway from the 2024 elections is the dizzying partisan gap between young men and women. Young men were fully 32 points more likely to vote Republican, a gender gap far larger than anything ever ...

California is spending billions to house its increasing population of unhoused people. But it hasn’t come close to ending homeless its ambitious goal of ending homelessness. And many Californians have ...

America’s leaders have a funny way of showing their determination to make the federal government work again. President Donald Trump cared so much that he went golfing. Nothing shows a chief ...

Billionaire Tom Steyer has the chance to do something amazing. The progressive activist, who is worth an estimated $2.4 billion, is running for governor and though he made his for ...

More than a year-and-a-half after my old band Modest Proposal’s 35-year reunion show at Pearl Street Warehouse was canceled two days before our area’s COVID-19 shutdown, the big show finally happened ...

My modest proposal: anyone writing about Social Security should have to pass a test demonstrating that they have read the Social Securities trustees report, and understand the basic dynamics of a ...

Imagine a world where death and old age are nearly defeated. A happy, roomy place where clean drinking water is available year-round, and no one is ever in a hurry. Would you like to live in such a ...