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Readers write: Students’ America 250 essays inspired hope for future
My thanks to the editors of the Times Free Press for the essay contest, "What is an American?"
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Times Opinion: US should invest in people, not wars
Elected officials throughout the country are failing to help their constituents, which is their job. Right now in the United States, too many people in power work instead to represent corporate interests, billionaire donors and an oligarch class focused on preserving its advantages.
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Priorities
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for June 14, 2026.
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Happy Birthday
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 13, 2026.
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Times Opinion: Federal transportation bill should not punish EV drivers
Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, such technology continues to receive only scorn and derision from the White House and its acolytes in Congress.
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Times Opinion: The Social Security crisis should be dominating the Senate campaign
The No. 1 anti-poverty program for the elderly. The No. 1 anti-poverty program for children. The program more veterans rely on for disability benefits than any other agency in the country.
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Times Opinion: Trump is stealing Americans’ faith in elections
It hasn't even been a year since President Donald Trump, temporary resident of the White House, unilaterally announced he was adding a $200 million ballroom. The estimated cost has grown by a factor of seven. So has Trump's list of capital vanity projects: a renamed, redesigned Trump-Kennedy Center, a 250-foot arch, a so-called heroes garden, a $13 million resurfaced Reflecting Pool, gold-leafed equestrian statues, a South Lawn arena for UFC cage fights celebrating Trump's 80th birthday and a new plan for a "Trump promenade" from the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.
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Free Press Opinion: America’s lead in AI is now at the mercy of local zoning boards
A Gallup poll released last month ought to alarm anyone who cares about whether the United States can best China in the artificial intelligence race. More than seven in 10 Americans now oppose the building of AI data centers anywhere near where they live -- and 48% are strongly opposed, a level of local resistance that exceeds opposition to new nuclear power plants.
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Outlook Good
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 12, 2026.
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Subscriber Exclusive
Times Opinion: This is the Hamilton County budget you get under Republican rule
Local government budgets may seem like inconsequential ledgers with no discernible effect on the ordinary person. But how we raise public funds and what we do with those tax dollars are markers of what we think is worth investment and who we think deserves a dignified life.
