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Protesters storm the U.S. Capitol on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by then-President Donald Trump's continued claims of election fraud in an to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Social media companies turned out to be prophets of the insurrection

In the weeks before the November 2020 election and subsequent Capitol insurrection, podcasts and Facebook postings lit up with allegations of massive voting fraud and calls for violence to address … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 1/14/22

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended the state's audit of the 2020 election. But he's been silent about its results. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Dallas Morning News /TNS)

Editorial: The strange silence around Texas election audit

When Texas launched a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election, Gov. Greg Abbott and the office of the secretary of state wanted everybody to know about it. The secretary of … more

Dallas Morning News Editorial, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) | 1/11/22

Registered nurse Marcie Weissman administers the COVID-19 vaccine on May 13, 2021, in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Texas should be more aggressive in offering booster shots for COVID-19

The omicron variant keeps surging at an eye-popping rate, but the number of Texans getting a booster shot hasn’t surged with it. We can do better, and our state and county governments need … more

Dallas Morning News Editorial, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) | 1/10/22

New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: UFOs, UAPs — whatever they're called, the US needs to know what they are

A few years ago, it would have drawn jokes and scorn. But given the continuing mystery over what, exactly, U.S. military pilots are seeing in the skies, a congressional proposal to create an … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 12/15/21

The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Editorial: What we spend: The Defense Authorization Act, 'Build Back Better' and American priorities

It’s not often that the end of something means you spend even more money on it, but U.S. defense spending has long defied most rational parameters. With the United States formally out of wars … more

Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News (TNS) | 12/13/21

Protecting society starts with protecting personal firearms from theft. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Editorial: Will responsible gun owners please stand up — and speak out?

Last week’s school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, that left four students dead was, sadly, not terribly surprising. There were six U.S. school shootings in the month of November alone. Some … more

Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, The Baltimore Sun (TNS) | 12/12/21

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they arrive at Villa La Grange in Geneva on June 16, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Russia is testing Western military resolve over Ukraine's sovereignty

Vladimir Putin wants the world to forget what happened in 2014. That’s the year he amassed troops at the Ukraine border to assist Russian-backed separatists fighting the Kyiv central … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 12/8/21

Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney Karen McDonald announces that charges have been filed against the parents of accused Oxford High School gunman Eathan Crumbley, during a news conference on Friday, Dec. 3 2021, in Pontiac, Michigan. Parents James and Jennifer Crumbley are each facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter after four students were killed and seven others injured on Nov. 30, when student Ethan Crumbley allegedly opened fire with a pistol at the school. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Charging the parents of school shooters should become standard practice

Prosecutors in the recent Michigan school shooting by a 15-year-old student that left four dead also have filed manslaughter charges against the shooter’s parents, whose gun he used. This … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 12/6/21

Former Sen. Bob Dole stands up and salutes the casket of the late former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, on Dec. 4, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Veteran, politician, Kansan: We mourn Bob Dole — and his spirit of compromise

Robert J. Dole — war hero, senator, presidential candidate, Kansan — has died, at the age of 98. We offer condolences to his wife, Elizabeth, his family, and the many friends and … more

The Kansas City Star Editorial Board, The Kansas City Star (TNS) | 12/6/21

A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory on Oct. 8, 2019, in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Why fentanyl?

A paper clip. A dollar bill. A raisin. A stick of gum. These are all everyday objects that weigh, give or take, 1 gram. Now, pick one of these, and imagine dividing it into 10 pieces. Then take … more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) | 12/5/21

Nearly 20% America’s gross domestic product goes to health care while Canada spends about 11.6%. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Editorial: A health care system that actually makes people sicker

The American health care system has become an actual impediment to public health. Americans are seeing that play out in real time as the pandemic progresses. Despite the heroic efforts of doctors, … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 12/5/21

Among prominent universities, two notable exceptions are MIT and Caltech, the nation’s premier science academies. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Editorial: Unfairness 101: End college legacy admissions giving advantage to alumni children

Legacy admissions for colleges is a distinguished-sounding name for the longstanding unfair practice of making it easier for the children of alumni to get in. It’s the … more

New York Daily News (TNS) | 12/3/21

A pro-life activist holds a sign during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: The Supreme Court can’t pretend that overturning Roe vs. Wade would be anything but political

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in the most important case on abortion rights in three decades. And by the direction of the comments and questions, the court could be headed toward a … more

The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 12/3/21

Judge Bruce Schroeder, front, comes down from the bench and sits closer to a 4k television screen to watch a video as defendant Kyle Rittenhouse, right, and his attorney Natalie Wisco stand behind him during proceedings at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 12, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Sean Krajacic/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: The dangers of guns at protests are too big to ignore

Unsurprisingly, the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict has exposed some fierce divisions among Americans. On one matter, though, there ought to be renewed consensus: It doesn’t help to have guns … more

The Editors, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS) | 12/2/21

Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Dr. Joseph Ladapo as the next surgeon general of Florida on Sept. 21, 2021. (Governor's Office photo/TNS)

Editorial: ‘Anticipated pregnancy’? It’s one of many anti-vax loopholes

Florida’s new surgeon general already had no credibility when it comes to public health. Now the state has turned Joseph Ladapo into a supposed expert on childbearing. Last week, Republicans … more

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS) | 12/1/21

A view of Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Colleges’ overreliance on adjunct faculty is bad for students, instructors and academic freedom

The era of college courses taught mostly by tenured professors, who spend time on research and scholarly pursuits in addition to teaching, has been fading fast. Increasingly, the work of instructing … more

The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 12/1/21

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sits in the House Chamber before a joint session of congress on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: It's long past time for the Senate ethics panel to address senators' Jan. 6 actions

Ten months after a group of Senate Democrats lodged ethics complaints into the conduct of Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas regarding their roles in sparking the Jan. 6 … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) | 11/29/21

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 13, 2021, in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Combative and crude: Lessons in governing from Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis apparently isn’t content with being the most combative governor in Florida history. He seems to aspire to being the most crude as well. Two recent examples: — He chose the … more

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS) | 11/28/21

The White House at sunset in Washington, D.C. The Biden administration rolled out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: A strategy to fight veteran suicides

The White House’s latest effort to tackle the difficult problem of suicide among the military and veterans may be the comprehensive approach that’s sorely needed. It could help a lot of … more

The Virginian-pilot & Daily Press Editorial Board, The Virginian-Pilot (TNS) | 11/24/21

The United terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 19, 2021. Two million travelers are expected to pass through LAX during the two weeks around Thanksgiving. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Another COVID Thanksgiving — sigh

Remember how depressing it was in late November 2020? Even after six months of living with strict stay-at-home orders, COVID-19 still lurked unseen in every corner of the world. The few treatments … more

The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 11/24/21

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