Opinion

What’s been missing these past couple of months from the coverage of and debate over the failed immigration bill? Some important basic facts and lots of historical context. First, basic facts.

The bizarre decision handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen human embryos are people too, is the reductio ad absurdum of the antiabortion movement’s religious worship of the union of egg and sperm.

SATURDAY, February 24, 2024 Today is the 55th day of 2024 and the 66th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1836, Colonel William Travis issued a call for help on behalf of the Texian troops defending the Alamo in San Antonio.

Dear Annie: I have a friend whose son was taking a job across the country after his wedding. She hosted a bridal shower since many of us had met her future daughter-inlaw and her parents didn’t live nearby. We were asked to give our best marital advice and bring a gift. Since I wasn’t married and I had a custodial job, I made a list of everyday products and what they could be used to clean.

Neither Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Nor New York Attorney General Letitia James Can Explain Exactly Who Was Victimized by the Dishonesty They Cite As Donald Trump tells it, all of the civil and criminal cases against him are part of a Democratic conspiracy to keep him from returning to the White House. Although some of the many charges against him involve credible allegations of serious crimes, they have been overshadowed recently by two New York cases that are much weaker.

Donald Trump has been outrageously silent about the brutal murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. No, correct that. Silence would have been outrageous. Comparing himself to the slain hero is beyond outrageous. Trump, and his supporters, have had the audacity to compare Trump’s indictment by four grand juries to the imprisonment and death of the Russian who has dared to stand up to Vladmir Putin. How dumb do they think we are? How callous and short-sighted, how ignorant and cruel, are they?

Today is the 54th day of 2024 and the 65th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1778, Baron von Steuben joined the U.S.

Dear Annie: We have a female friend that we have known for years. She lives alone and lost her leg a few years ago, which has limited her ability to venture out.

A towering man faced the townspeople in the morning rain and chill. His parting words from a train made the throng of one thousand weep. He was near tears. The journey ahead would be long, hard and bloody.