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Maternal care ‘deserts’ a problem in rural communities

There鈥檚 a desert on our doorstep.Of course, it鈥檚 not the desert where you would find lots of sand, snakes or cacti. What we鈥檙e talking about is a 鈥渕aternal care desert,鈥 where women of childbearing age do not have nearby access to obstetric care, birth centers, certified midwives or ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> There are precious few animal shelters or rescues in Fayette County, so it was exciting to hear that county officials plan to reform the board and again open the Fayette County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The shelter ...

Elon Musk mistook Twitter for the real world

There鈥檚 something tragically poetic about Elon Musk鈥檚 purchase of Twitter.There鈥檚 a whole subculture of lamentation about modern society that can be fairly well summed up in Peter Thiel鈥檚 roughly decade-old gripe that things like Twitter were distracting us from greatness: 鈥淲e wanted ...

A salute to our veterans

On Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have served in the armed forces, protecting this country and its ideals of freedom and democracy.I am particularly intrigued by the veterans who answered their country鈥檚 call in World War II. They are pictured on small banners displayed on ...

Freedom to boycott is free speech, too

It takes a certain inconsistency to argue, as Elon Musk has, that activists are 鈥渢rying to destroy free speech in America鈥 by pressuring companies to pause advertising on Twitter, the social media platform he just overpaid for. A 鈥渇ree speech absolutist,鈥 as Musk describes himself, ...

Goodbye affirmative action, hello individual freedom, dignity

The Supreme Court just heard arguments in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.It鈥檚 about affirmative action 鈥 universities using race and ethnicity in their admissions policies.Students for Fair Admissions argues ...