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Josh Hammer: The moral blackmailing of the American people

In Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the "ravages of mob law" throughout the land. Lincoln warned, in eerily prescient fashion, that the spread of a then-ascendant "mobocratic spirit" threatened to sever the "attachment of the People" ...

Erick Erickson: Tragedy and reality

Renee Good died on Wednesday in Minneapolis. She had been attempting to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents engaged in federal law enforcement activities. Along with other protestors, Good involved herself in what federal agents were doing and used her car to block them. ...

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: A lawless presidency

The United States invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the domestically recognized Venezuelan president, violated the U.S. Constitution and international law. The Constitution makes clear that only Congress can authorize a foreign invasion. In the pre-World War II era, ...

Cal Thomas: Waste, fraud and abuse

Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Democrat, who might have become vice president had Kamala Harris won the November election, has announced he will not be seeking a third term. The alleged fraud involving day care centers and allegations that federal aid went to outside entities, including China ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in Healthwise Maui, which appears on Thursdays. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: How are platelet-rich plasma injections used to treat sports injuries? Dr. Jonathan Eno, Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeon, Pacific Permanente ...

Letter: Widely used Roundup probably carcinogenic

As recently reported in the New York Times, problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to reassess the widely used chemical. Bayer, which purchased Monsanto, the company that manufactures Roundup and had been active on Maui for years, has already settled $10 billion worth of settlements after it lost a case in court by a groundskeeper of a school who claimed his cancer was caused by Roundup, and was awarded $285 million. Thousands of plaintiffs, including farmers and ...