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When I was a kid, my dad half-joked that the Roman Empire fell because the Romans used lead to make their pipes, thus poisoning their drinking water supply.
On first blush, the proposed legislation that sent more than a million Hong Kong residents into the streets last week and resulted in violent clashes with police may not seem like such a big deal.
A new report from a federal watchdog agency has drawn attention to a disturbing discovery: Thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of seniors on Medicare are not being reported by...
Those Americans who fear for the future of American democracy should be inspired by the massive pro-democracy demonstrations occurring this week in Hong Kong.
You probably didn’t notice, but April marked a threshold for the nation. For the first time, our capacity for creating electricity from renewable sources crept past that for coal.
Before the Supreme Court commissioned a new congressional map last year, Pennsylvania was among the most heavily gerrymandered states for congressional districts, and it still is for state...
Tuesday’s vote in the House of Representatives to launch civil suits against Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn moves the battle between congressional...
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper called Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history, deriding a leader who removes children from their mothers and puts them in cages; Vermont Sen.
We are living in a time of increasing domestic tension. Some of it stems from the presidency of Donald Trump.
Maybe it’s the book sales. Maybe it’s the national press. Maybe they really do think they’re just “born for it.
Last week President Donald Trump flew to Britain, our closest ally. But before Air Force One’s wheels touched the tarmac, Trump had called the mayor of London a “stone cold loser.
Years ago, I was a leukemia patient and bone marrow transplant recipient confronting an extremely difficult decision: Do I continue down an uncontrolled, life-threatening spiral caused by...
An old debate looks poised to make one of its frequent comebacks: How much, if at all, should the Federal Reserve concern itself with the value of the dollar? Oddly enough, it’s a question on...
Elections are often considered to be the best — and perhaps only true — avenue for residents to make their voices heard.
Seventy-five years ago, thousands of American and allied sailors, soldiers and aviators braved heavy seas and murderous German fire in the historic invasion that began the decisive campaign to end...
During World War II, young couples in love, separated due to military service, had very few options to communicate with one another.
James Holzhauer, a professional gambler with uncanny timing at the buzzer, won at “Jeopardy!” so decisively in recent weeks that people accused him of destroying the game.
When you send your youngster off to college, you might not mind that they will have to walk on eggshells, respect taboos, snitch on fellow students for politically incorrect jokes and learn to use ad...
Thirty years ago today, the world watched in horror as Chinese troops cracked down brutally on peaceful protests by students who sought to give the Chinese people more say over their daily lives.
Now that the Mueller Report clears President Trump of Russian collusion, evidence is emerging that the Obama administration and his Justice Department with the consent of loyalists within the...
If anyone understands how badly a perfectly good impeachment can go, it’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The Mueller report reminds me of “Moby-Dick,” a hefty tome that many believe is important, but few actually read.
