Opinion

Almanac for Sept. 11, 2026

Today is Friday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2026. There are 111 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. It remains the deadliest terror attack in history. Also on this date: In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive ...

A Better Labor Day

Did you celebrate labor last Monday, Labor Day? I did. But not organized labor. At least I get to choose. Organized labor isn't a fan of choice. Joining CBS in NYC, I was told: "You must join (and pay dues to) SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of TV and Radio ...

Editorial cartoon for Sept. 11, 2026

Editorial cartoon for Sept. 10, 2026

Enough, please stop

The Democrat candidate for Senate in Michigan — Abdul El-Sayed — is a socialist and a man of the Muslim faith who has made terrible anti-Jewish and anti-American comments to the media. Democrats, you have a problem. Do you support this DSA’s questionable character or not? Some of my Michigan Democrat friends tell me they are concerned about El-sayed’s comments. Good. This national wave of self-identified DSA or socialist Democratic Party candidates — who won in primaries — cause their party to consider this direction carefully. Some major Democrat players are not pleased ...

Ten years later, Kaepernick remains unpersuasive

A decade later, Colin Kaepernick is as tiresome as ever. To mark the 10-year anniversary of his kneeling during the National Anthem, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is out with a new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." (Get it?) In an interview with NBC News in advance of the book's ...