Opinion Columns

Excuse Donald Trump
Marc Dion, Nov. 14, 2025
The new cognitive test for sitting presidents is not "Can you put the square peg in the square hole?" but "Can you put your tongue in a seventh grader's mouth?" If newly released emails from famous dead child molester Jeffrey Epstein can be believed, President Donald Trump spent several hours alone with a girl who was abused by Epstein's circle of pervert friends. Meanwh

Menopause Changed My Body, My Marriage and My Faith in My Doctors
Holding Space for Good, Nov. 14, 2025
Menopause is having a moment right now, and I hope it becomes a movement. I'm a 50-year-old perimenopausal woman and none of my doctors prepared me for this important milestone.

Don't Be Cruel: Administration Ignores Elvis' Plea
The Raffel Ticket, Nov. 12, 2025
The rock musical "Hair," a huge hit in the '60s, is scarcely remembered today. Still, the first line of the play's showstopper song, "Easy to Be Hard," keeps running through my head: "How can people be so heartless?" Each day when I read the news, when I listen to podcasts, when I pore over court judgments, that's what I ask myself. The D