The Conversation: New opportunities for women opening up in Orthodox Judaism
By MICHAL RAUCHER Of Rutgers University When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But the term “rabbi” means much more than ...
The Conversation: Buddhist nuns win access to advanced degree
By DARCIE PRICE-WALLACEOf Northwestern University In August, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal — a record number — gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery ...
Bladine: Immigration enforcement war needs a solution
Tracking national news these days is an exhausting mental labor. This week alone, among others, we’ve been confronted with high-octane controversies related to Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Mark Kelly, ...
Goldberg: Mamdani's call for collectivism dead on arrival
By JONAH GOLDBERG The day before the Trump administration captured and extradited Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, many on the right, including yours truly, had a field day mocking something newly ...
Investigating the Bible: The edited life
E.B. White’s short book, “The Elements of Style,” has elementary rules of composition to improve English usage; these are too often broken, yours truly included. Some violations ...
Letter to Readers: How much rain did we get? Too much
Rain, rain, go away, local residents chanted in December, but that didn’t deter a couple of “atmospheric river” storms from passing over Yamhill County. Rain fell, swelling rivers, filling ...
Quirk of the Week: The fragrant and the fleeting
This week, Quick Quirks: seven morsels to consider. What might tie them together are a couple mini-themes of the olfactory and obsolete varieties. - Getting a mention awhile back was the temperature ...
Investigating the Bible: When a church is led by a bully
Ray Stedman (1917-1992) was the pastor for forty years of the Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, California, and the church continues with a strong ministry today. With this anonymous rhyme, he recognized ...
Jonah Goldberg: GOP facing big questions as Trump passage looms
“Are the Republicans going the way of the Whigs?”
During President Trump’s first term, this question was asked a lot. The answer then: No.
Cyrus Javadi: Universal healthcare not viable without cost control
At some point in any failing enterprise, someone in the room finally asks the most dangerous question: “Are we actually making enough money to run this thing?”
Jeb Bladine: Rise of AI deep fake imagery has many victims
Here’s a new acronym for 2026 that deserves to become a clarion call against new combinations of human deviance and artificial intelligence run amok: NCSI. No, it’s not another spin-off of ...
Quirk of the Week: Par-don the puns you’re about to read
Indoors or out, anywhere golf is enjoyed, the duffer will find twists and turns. Now that the weather has turned, a place with its share of twists provides a warm indoor place for “wood-be” ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea: '6 7' becomes digital era touchpoint
News item: “In-N-Out Burger has eliminated use of ‘67’ for orders in its restaurants, due to a viral meme causing disruptive outbursts when the number is called.” The list grows. We ...
Jeb Bladine: Step up in the resolution game: Adopt a cause
It has been a rare — and fleeting — opportunity to write columns in back-to-back print newspapers published on Christmas and New Years eves. Last week’s “Season of Hope” messages ...
Quirk of the Week: Operator, give us a number of year-end oddities
This year’s-end grab bag of revisits and newly found Quirk might give new meaning to “phoning it in.” Plenty of cool indoor items deserve a look this week, starting with an elephant. There’s ...
