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President Biden is running for re-election on the back of his economic policies, appropriately labeled “Bidenomics.” This commentary will examine what the president has achieved since taking office in January 2021. I will also consider why Biden is not receiving credit for his successes and ...

OP-ED: Must weddings lead to marriage?

Though not one to follow the celebrities, I still can’t get the divorce of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari out of my headspace. They’d been married for only a year and change, but their wedding was covered as a triumph of recovery.Who was there? Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton. What ...

Deeply coded in our DNA are interesting survival mechanisms that have evolved over thousands of years. In an article by Elizabeth Kolbert featured in the magazine The New Yorker, she describes “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds.” In this article, she explains why humans are misled by false ...

Last week, 4,000 people packed into the Pfizer Dome Arena in Milwaukee and 12.8 million more watched at home to see eight of the nine major contenders for the Republican presidential nomination try to displace the ninth candidate as the front-runner.None even came close to succeeding.To use an ...

The recent environmental and health studies from the University of Pittsburgh have led to a string of alarming headlines and misinterpretations regarding natural gas development in the region. Unfortunately, reporting has overlooked fundamental flaws of the studies that raise doubts about the ...

OP-ED: Washington can do better than UPMC

At one point or another in our lives, almost everyone in our area counts on Washington Hospital, its doctors, and us – the workers who care for patients and keep the hospital running. As Washington Hospital caregivers and staff, we are dedicated to providing the quality, hometown health care ...