The controversy surrounding the new voting law in the state of Georgia raises important issues regarding the governance of our country and the…
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Once again, Ukraine is emerging as a focus of tension between Russia and the United States as well as Europe. An always-uncertain ceasefire ha…
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The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is nearly old enough to buy a beer, having gone on since 2001. Two presidents, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, …
When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy…
I am so glad the whole white supremacy and gun nut narrative is over, so we can get back to the one about voter suppression. Those horrific sh…
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Once again, North Korea is engaging in disturbing provocation. On March 25, the totalitarian regime in Pyongyang launched two missiles off the…
Tom Wolf, lame-duck governor of Pennsylvania, announced on Twitter that he wanted the commonwealth to legalize pot. His comment was hailed as …
At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas summed up our border crisis in a statement he released March 16: “We are on pace to encounte…
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West Virginia is unique among America’s 50 states. At a convention in Wheeling, Virginia, in 1861, delegates from Virginia’s northwest countie…
The hashtag #White Supremacy is trending this week in the Twitterverse. That is due to the horrific murders of eight Asian Americans in Georgi…
The front-page headline in Monday’s Wall Street Journal said: “Biden weighs how to pay for agenda.” Who purchases something they know they can…
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First off, Louis Armstrong was right about it being a wonderful world. And I realize many people suffer far worse troubles than mine.
The new Biden Administration is taking first steps toward possible progress with China. Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National …
He wasn’t the first governor in the country to lift the mask mandate for his state.
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