Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan of Pennsylvania has a new set of transplanted lungs today. She didn't get them in the usual way, by moving to the top of the waiting list and being fortunate enough that a donation of suitable lungs came through. » read more
Posted on Mon, June 17, 2013
Dear Readers, We don't have to remind you that the slumping economy is taking a bite out of corporate profits, and newspapers aren't immune. » read more
Posted on Mon, June 17, 2013
The House Judiciary Committee, dominated by Republican men who still have not learned to avoid the subject of rape and pregnancy, took up the issue of abortion last week. » read more
Posted on Mon, June 17, 2013
It will not be with guns. » read more
Posted on Wed, June 12, 2013
The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Monday, June 10: » read more
Posted on Mon, June 10, 2013
The following editorial appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday, June 5: » read more
Posted on Thu, June 6, 2013
You're in a tavern after work or at a party on the weekend. You've had a few drinks. You didn't pick a designated driver. What do you do? If you're a responsible motorist, you start calculating. How many drinks have I had? Am I over the blood alcohol limit of 0.08 grams per deciliter? Should I call a cab? » read more
Posted on Tue, June 4, 2013
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He is the author of the Novel, Before I Forget. Read his latest commentary here.
McClatchy's veteran war correspondent, Joseph L. Galloway, retired in January 2010 after half a century in the newspaper business. Read his farewell column, and an archive of his take-no-prisoners commentary. Here's one of his most-requested columns, "Fridays at the Pentagon."