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This month, the world will tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy. We will see some 3,500 athletes represent 93 countries or territories — along wit...
February 07, 2026 Other Voices
The current trajectory for college sports is unsustainable. Big-revenue sports such as football and basketball have undergone massive transformations over the past decade...
February 05, 2026 Other Voices
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedo...
February 03, 2026 Other Voices
For more than a decade, milk cartons in school cafeterias have told a quiet story about how national nutrition policy filters down to local lunch trays. In Butler County...
January 31, 2026 Other Voices
Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board a space capsule called Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System, and exit low-Earth...
January 29, 2026 Other Voices
The most celebrated early successes of artificial intelligence were computers beating human champions in games such as chess and Go. Today we are all playing games again...
January 28, 2026 Other Voices
A record 45% of American adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As the ranks of the p...
January 27, 2026 Other Voices
Nicolás Maduro and his wife confronted two overpowering forces recently: the U.S. military and artificial intelligence. The result was worldwide confusion and a reminder ...
January 22, 2026 Other Voices
Taxes are a necessary fact of life. Although no one likes paying them, and they divert resources and cause waste, governments need revenue to provide essential, and some...
January 21, 2026 Other Voices
Securing the Arctic region against the likes of China and Russia is a vital national security goal — and something NATO nations must prioritize as northern shipping lanes...
January 20, 2026 Other Voices
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