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Clarence Page: Unity, and careful messaging, will be key to Dem resurgence

Here's an easy lesson for rising political hopefuls to draw from Francesca Hong's failed bid to be Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial nominee: Don't demonize Thanksgiving. Hong, a chef, state legislator and democratic socialist, was the clear front-runner in the Democratic primary race ...

No Masculine or Feminine Ideals Needed — Just Human Ones

Men in the U.S. are stuck — stuck in dissatisfaction, stuck in judgement and stuck in a culture that increasingly tells them that they aren't strong enough, attractive enough or mean enough to matter. In a perhaps related development, American sailors appear to be trying to escape the ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in "Heathwise Maui." 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: What are some tips for preventing colds and flu when my child goes back to school? Travis Glenn, MD, Family Medicine, Glenn Family Medicine at Maui Memorial Medical Center ...

Clarence Page: Time for Democrats to widen their ‘big tent’

Here we go again. We're approaching another presidential campaign year, and once again I am reminded of what the great sage Will Rogers said back in 1933: "I am not a member of any organized political party," he said. "I am a Democrat." Yes, I know that Rogers quote is old enough to have ...

Froma Harrop: News flash — We live in a mixed economy

Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan keeps calling himself a capitalist. And the Democratic Socialists of America keep backing him to the eyeballs. Why? Because the DSA understands that El-Sayed has to say that to win over even Democrats in a moderate state like Michigan. They ...

Cal Thomas: Summertime political reruns

When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that lyric from "Help"), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the previous fall and spring. A few still do, like "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy," but those are syndicated shows. ...