33+ min ago   (464+ words) September 13, 2026 — 3:21pm Of all the weird things occurring in the US right now (Measles are back! Cold War with Canada!) one of the strangest has been the rise of the Trump clones. Their origin dates back to 2016. As the then Republican…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (352+ words) As driverless cars become more common in the streets of San Diego, city leaders are pushing for more controls over them. Since Waymo made its debut in San Diego, you probably have spotted them driving around. Now city leaders are…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (500+ words) A fight over solar rules in one Virginia county is turning into more than a local land-use debate. Botetourt County's planning commission is scheduled to review a draft solar ordinance on September 14, and the dispute could carry consequences beyond the…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (698+ words) This probably isn't going to be good. San Francisco's Mayor, Daniel Lurie, who ran as a kind of get-things-done moderate in America's most liberal city, just declared a "rent emergency." San Francisco definitely has high rent compared to other parts…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (618+ words) Bad things can happen when racial disparities are taken as de facto proof of systemic racism. If the Clark County School District doesn’t reject this flawed premise, students may find that out the hard way — again. The district recently released…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (142+ words) Economic malaise and a war? The Iran war is now more than six months old. I also hear that our president doesn’t care if 99 percent of us are feeling an economic pinch. So much for Donald Trump’s campaign promises and…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (96+ words) Lafayette Parish voters will decide on Dec. 12 whether to extend a 1.85-mill bond millage to raise $77 million for local road infrastructure. The proposed bond renewal is not a new tax and aims to hyperfocus on improving traffic flow in congested…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (330+ words) Trump has used increased tariffs to incentivize a surge in foreign investment commitments of over 20 trillion dollars flowing into the United States. Instead of subsidizing other countries by paying their tariffs, companies and countries are building factories here to avoid…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (903+ words) This 25th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil may be as good an occasion as any to pay a moment’s attention to the subject of patriotism. As the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre correctly noted, patriotism, first and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (360+ words) Residents and visitors are invited to take part in Shepherdstown, West Virginia's second annual "We the People" Constitution Day Parade on Sept. 19, with participants carrying enlarged pages of the U.S. Constitution through the town before gathering for public readings and reflections....