Opinion: Why can’t those who own guns and know the most about them take responsibility for ensuring they're used safely and without malicious intent?
Episode 11: Scott Rada and Richard Kyte talk about how their different life experiences frame how they each look at firearm safety. Later, the…
In the afterlife of art and literature, in the sweet by and by, I imagine retired Texas Ranger Gus McRae on the porch of the celestial ranch h…
Lawmakers in the great state of North Carolina are taking up the divisive issue of mandated grape juice in schools.
Opinion: Describing something as a “war” envelops it in fog, distorting reason and obscuring common sense.
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Should Americans depend on medical advice from Richard Petty?
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Opinion: Courage is the middle path between recklessness and hesitancy. It is the willingness to take responsibility coupled with the knowledg…
Episode 9: From COVID-19 to the threat of natural disasters, we examine how people can cope with these and other risks — some real and some ov…
Mr. Potato Head is back in the news — wait, was Mr. Potato Head ever previously in the news? I seem to remember unsubstantiated reports of a h…
Author’s note: A version of this column was first published in the 1990s, but I believe its mediocrity has stood the test of time. Enjoy!
Opinion: I have never met a kind person I disliked, even if I disagreed with their politics or we had no interests in common.
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The QAnon Shaman is sorry. Very sorry.
Opinion: The question that faces us as a nation is whether America will be defined by its best qualities or its worst.
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Today, our disparate subjects will be the literary genius of the late Larry King and the inevitable end of the world as we know it brought abo…
Opinion: The key thing to understand is that fairness is not about the outcomes, it is about the process whereby the outcomes are achieved.
Episode 6: We ask a physician whether challenge trials — intentionally exposing people to the virus — would have sped up vaccine development a…
The kid and I were chatting by phone one evening. It’s mostly how we communicate nowadays, since she doesn’t want to inadvertently give her da…
Opinion: For decades we have told our youth to “stay true to yourself” and “stick up for what you believe,” as if there were some virtue in st…
Episode 5: We also discuss whether the Republican Party would be in a stronger place today had Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in 2016.
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While watching the incredible scenes from the U.S. Capitol this week, it was hard not to think about Josh. No, not Josh Hawley. Josh Williams.
In uncertain times like these, in situations that test our mettle, I often ask myself this simple yet eternal question: What would Elvis do?
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