Hundreds of US nurses choose Canada over America

Earlier this year, Justin and Amy Miller packed their vehicles with three kids, two dogs, a pet bearded dragon, and whatever belongings they could fit, then drove 2,000 miles...

The danger of being inured to the status quo

We have all had the experience of staying a few days in a hotel — say on holiday — which becomes home. Quickly, it becomes familiar. Individuals adjust to...

War for Independence was ‘the people’s war’

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to favor independence and quite another to pick up...

A system that’s for sale, more than ever

America just passed the 50th anniversary of one of its truly terrible days — one that future historians can track as the beginning of the end of our democracy....

ICE enforcement is echoing the Fugitive Slave Act

Minneapolis: The scenes playing out in Minneapolis in recent weeks offer an object lesson in the dangers of federal overreach. After the killings of two American citizens — to...

Peru's commercial ties with China won't be easy

Marco Aquino, Reuters A scandal surrounding undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman by Peru's acting president has shone an unflattering spotlight on the key copper exporter's ties to China...

Wrong direction

The next Dust Bowl is becoming more likely

About 90 years ago, American farmers in the Great Plains had so ravaged the thin soil there that a series of droughts turned the region into a vast expanse...

How America changed after Trump’s return

Shaun McCutcheon, Tribune News Service In just 12 months since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, the difference in the country is unmistakable. Americans can feel the...

What hard times make possible

Crises’ crucibles often forge potent alliances. Before the American Revolution, John Adams steadfastly welcomed any and all “terrible news” of British despotism. “The worse, the better,” he invariably remarked,...