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Stephen J. Lyons: I miss the time of presidential reverence
I miss that time of presidential reverence, a time that younger Americans cannot recall in this campaign cycle of swear words and blatant lies.

Stephen J. Lyons: By chipping in a measly $1,000, I can make a difference in this election!
What can the Harris-Walz campaign do with a thousand bucks from me? Buy a day’s worth of Starbucks for the campaign staff? Half a pantsuit?

Stephen J. Lyons: Current-day Vietnam underscores the folly of America’s wars
All the wars the United States has been involved with since I’ve been alive have been a waste of lives on all sides.

Stephen J. Lyons: Why can’t I criticize the war in Gaza without being called antisemitic?
Can we rationally discuss whether Israel’s response to the Hamas attack was proportional?

Stephen J. Lyons: US lawmakers, have you no shame?
On my third morning in southern Portugal last month, I woke to the breaking news that the country's prime minister, António Costa, had resigned over rumors of corruption by his...

Stephen J. Lyons: The painful realities of getting old
On the occasion of my mother-in-law's 100th birthday, I asked for her thoughts as she contemplated a second century. "Keep your mind open and your mouth shut!" she quickly replied....

Stephen J. Lyons: Why I won’t be attending my 50th high school reunion
Ah, those glory days of high school, circa 1973. Proms and pimples. Hormones and hickeys. Jocks and jerks. Who would not want to celebrate those golden times ... a half-century...

Stephen J. Lyons: By giving Ukraine cluster bombs, the US is admitting that it’s OK to kill civilians
In 2008, more than 100 nations signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, a treaty that "prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions." The United States did not...

Stephen J. Lyons: I have rekindled the love I had for the guitar as a 10-year-old Hyde Park boy
It's open mic night at the Hitching Post bar in rural southern Ohio, and the joint fills with factory workers, cubicle toilers and a biker who looks the part, right...

Stephen J. Lyons: Biden’s compromise on new oil drilling is devastating for the Arctic
I am old enough to remember the late President George H.W. Bush's promise at the Republican National Convention in 1988 of "Read my lips: no new taxes," a pledge that...
