Contributor: What the ancient world can teach us about death
I first became fascinated by death when I was 8 and my mummy took me to the British Museum to look at the mummies. When, at a slightly older age, ...
Tag: Opinion Voices
Contributor: The drumbeat against Hegseth? It’s not really about him
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the ...
Contributor: Economic nostalgia woos voters, but it leads to terrible policies
History may not perfectly repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Two protectionist episodes — the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trump-era tariffs of today — offer a ...
Calmes: Francis spoke clearly. It would be a miracle if the administration listened
If I believed in miracles as strongly as I did as a Catholic school student, I could hope that Vice President JD Vance would be transformed by his audience with ...
Contributor: Trump 1.0 walked away from an Iran deal. The road back will be long
Are the United States and Iran, adversaries for more than 45 years, on the cusp of striking a new nuclear agreement? After two rounds of indirect diplomacy between high-ranking officials ...
Column: Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a good person? I don’t know. In 2021 his wife petitioned for, and received, an order of protection against him after she alleged domestic violence; she ...
Contributor: Save the Earth’s ‘creepy-crawlies.’ Some of them just might save us
When I was a child, I visited the village in India where my father grew up. As we strolled down dirt roads, he reminisced on his barefoot youth. I don’t ...
Contributor: Pope Francis’ enduring message — unite to heal God’s Earth
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, honored Francis of Assisi with the name he selected for himself when he was elected as pope in 2013. The pope’s namesake, Saint Francis, ...
Contributor: RFK Jr.’s rhetoric masks the real tragedy people with autism are facing
As the leader of a nonprofit that supports thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities across Los Angeles County, I’ve seen firsthand the strength, resilience and dignity of families ...
Contributor: Hegseth purged two of my books on race. Did he actually read them?
Two of my books are among the 381 volumes that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered removed from the library of the U.S. Naval Academy because they were deemed to ...
