The president America needs is, unfortunately, Czech, and the Constitution rules him out. He is also, sadly for the world, dead.
Imagine you’re at a state budget hearing. You have two minutes to share your issue with the state senators and assembly members present. The hearings run from 8 a.m. until the last speaker around 9 p.m.
TikTok is a weapon of social destruction. Created by ByteDance, a Bejing-based company, TikTok is a platform of the Chinese Communist Party and a national security threat to America.
Montana has made an unprecedented move to become the first U.S. state to ban TikTok.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey has just won another term as chief executive. However, opposition to his autocratic ways is growing, and he was forced into a runoff election.
Rising temperatures and summer often mean fun family vacations.
I’ve never had a smartphone or used social media, and I’m in my 40s. So when I see young people such as 17-year-old Logan Lane and those in her “Luddite Club” take a stand and pause the technology that’s been in their lives since birth, I am in awe.
Texas is currently America's leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of America's wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth biggest source. Surprisingly, it's about to eclipse California in production of solar power.
The West Virginia senator owes House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a big thank you.
🎧 The performers we see on stage, in film and on television are more diverse than ever, but this welcome change doesn’t mean there aren’t still many questions.
Here we go again.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently confirmed that student loan repayments would begin again later in 2023, delivering what is likely to be a severe financial shock to borrowers who have not had to make payments for three years. This puts greater urgency on lawmakers to fix the fl…
Much attention in the culture wars tends to focus on how wacky the far right can be when it comes to embracing wild conspiracy theories and internet misinformation. Think child-abuse kidnapping rings operating out of a Washington pizza parlor. Or the nutty idea that a gun massacre of kids at…
In 1866 a doctor and his wife moved to Geneva. The doctor had been a surgeon in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. The newcomers to Geneva were Dr. Benoni O. Reynolds and his wife Mary Smith Reynolds. They became the progenitors of a family dynasty in Geneva/Lake Geneva that wou…
A large field of qualified candidates is setting up the Republican primaries for a repeat of 2016.
Those afraid that the 2024 GOP presidential contest will become a repeat of 2016 need not worry. The race is radically different this year. It will not play out the same.
Durham report reveals an agency so steeped in politics that it violated its own standards
Ron DeSantis apparently wants to be president. His pitch rests on the "Florida blueprint," the stuff he's done as the state's governor. But the assumption that the American majority wants much of the DeSantis program is shaky. It's not even clear that Floridians do.
I attended two graduation ceremonies earlier this month, including a University of Georgia gala replete with fireworks at Sanford Stadium in Athens. At both events, I was struck with how many more women than men crossed the stage.
Commentary: Technology has created children who are more self-sufficient but also less capable.
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From a young age, Betsabe Castillo knew she wanted to go to college.
Jeremy Hugasian was unsure what he wanted to do in life... until his decision became crystal clear. He saw, he decided — and says he never looked back. Gateway Technical College helped him to train for his new career.
6 gift ideas for the outdoorsy person in your life
Here are 10 great gift ideas that are sure to please everyone on your list.
🎧 Although we can carry around nearly all of the world’s knowledge in our pockets, we shouldn’t be surprised that such devices can lead to distraction and sometimes addiction.
I am always amazed when, in the aftermath of a mass shooting such as the recent tragedy at a mall in Allen, Texas, both political parties expect their overly simplistic explanations to be taken seriously, their anemic policy proposals accepted as dependable solutions.
Did Big Tech just win big at the U.S. Supreme Court? That seems to be the view of most commentators in the wake of the recent unanimous decision in two cases that had the potential to challenge the so-called liability shield that protects internet service providers from liability for content…
The Biden administration this month gave New York City the green light to move forward with the nation’s first congestion pricing system that would charge motorists a toll to drive into the city’s central business district.
🎧 Lee Jussim, a Rutgers University distinguished professor of psychology, explains microaggressions and concerns regarding them.
For many of us, Israel is simply a fact of life — and, amid renewed fighting with terrorists in Gaza, a subject of recurrent controversy. The debate has been especially pronounced recently as protests have overshadowed Israel marking its 75th birthday on May 14.
The United Nations staged a high-level special meeting May 15 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba -- the mass displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.