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Friedman: Self-driving people, enabled by Airbnb

Roughly a decade ago two new “platform” companies burst out of California. The one that dominated the headlines was called Uber, which created a platform where with one touch of your phone y...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Stromberg: Trump insults everything the Boy Scouts stand for

I don’t blame the Boy Scouts of America for inviting President Donald Trump to speak at the National Scout Jamboree. But I would blame the BSA’s leaders if they ever invited him back. ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Samuelson: How health care controls us more than we control it

WASHINGTON – If we learned anything from the bitter debate over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) – which seems doubtful – it is that we cannot discuss health care in a way that is at once...

DATE: Jul 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Krauthammer: What to do for little Charlie Gard

WASHINGTON – One cannot imagine a more wrenching moral dilemma than the case of little Charlie Gard. He is a beautiful 11-month-old boy with an incurable genetic disease. It depl...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Traversing north Main makes pedestrians quite cross

I was waiting to cross at the 19th Street and Main Avenue crosswalk. One driver stopped. I waved him on because there was too much traffic. Instead, he said, “Step out – make those other car...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Aspiring to travel the world? Read this first

Nothing changes you like travel does. I know, because after 26 years of suburban stability, I recently sold my house, pulled up my stakes and hit the road. I’m a different person ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Rosenberg: It is time to end secrecy around private prisons

In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Those prisoners will have to be incarcerated somewhere, which is perhaps the reason for the attorney general’s February memo reversing an O...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Egan: The last best empty place in America

At dawn, the woodpeckers start in, hammering heads against tree trunks, and you wonder if there’s a better way for a bird to make a living. Oh, the avian migraines. Twilight lingers till nea...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Grossman: Ask one key question

What can health care providers, friends and parents do to help young women focus on their reproductive goals? Ask one key question: “Would you like to become pregnant in the next year?” ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Lyons: Singapore system instructive for U.S. health care redesign

The Republic of Singapore government operated under the United Kingdom health care system until 1965, when it became independent from Malaysia. At that time, the government decided it wanted...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

When emotions rise, try giving them a name

We are at 10,100 feet. The sky hangs heavy. The distant mountains, like an art lesson in shading, are veiled in deepening obscurations of gray. Lightning roams faraway peaks. Dan and I excha...

DATE: Jul 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Nine things a year of travel taught me

As a personal finance coach, I warn clients that debt steals your dreams. I’ve long known the power of them to guide financial choices, but now as I reflect on living one of my dr...

DATE: Jul 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy