Only in the dystopian reality of the American public school system could you be penalized for sporting the country’s flag on your own vehicle. But Cameron Blasek, a student at East Central High School in St. Leon, Indiana, faced just such an issue when, after deciding over the summer to start flying the American flag […]
Tomorrow a little known and little watched bill will redefine American constitutional liberty as we know it. The rush is on to meet a March 22 deadline to get the final, $1.2 trillion-plus final spending bill through both houses of Congress, and as usual, few will know what is actually in – or out – […]
Tyson Foods has been dropped in the deep fat fryer of politics after cutting more than 1,000 American workers at the same time it is hiring refugees and other recent immigrants. The company says there’s no connection, but Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio thinks the whole thing smells. According to Fox News, Tyson is […]
NEWS AND OPINION: Those proverbial amber waves of grain from sea to shining sea have drawn some intense attention. Here’s some news about the nation’s often heroic farmers — and a new effort to applaud their efforts and ensure that consumers have access to what they produce. American Farmland Trust — a national nonprofit that […]
In this line of work, we frequently have occasion to make use of articles from a variety of scientific journals when researching topics of interest. One of my favorite sources over the years has been the journal Nature, which covers a wide variety of science topics. Science journals can be of value, at least in […]
This sounds like a script out of Hollywood — one that Steve Mnuchin himself might have produced. Here’s the pitch: A multi-billionaire with too much time on his hands decides to buy out a social-media platform to save free expression and civil rights in America. Along the way, he meets zany characters like, er, Chinese […]
Haiti is in a state of profound decay. Gangs roam the streets unimpeded by any sort of rule of law, the elected prime minister cannot return to the country and has been assured of death if he tries by the nation’s de facto leader: a gang chief who has earned the sobriquet “Barbecue,” reportedly for […]
Ksenia Karelina was denied an appeal of charges against her in a Russian court on Thursday. She is a 32-year-old dual U.S.-Russian citizen. The crime Ksenia is accused of committing is treason. The charge was brought against her because she made a small donation – $50 – to a charity that aids Ukraine. She was […]
“We can bear neither our diseases nor their remedies.” So shrugged the ancient historian Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) of the long decline of Roman national character that, in his age, finally ended the Roman Republic. Like a patient whose medicine proves worse than the disease, Livy lamented that the […]
An American Airlines flight from New York City to Madrid, Spain, Wednesday had to divert to Boston after a crack developed in the Boeing 777 jet’s windshield. The plane left John F. Kennedy International Airport at 7:28 p.m., according to tracking website FlightAware. Two hours and 15 minutes later, an Alert 2 was declared on […]
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