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HOLY COW! HISTORY: The original ‘Son of a Gun’

Every so often, history offers a story that is so improbable there is no way it could be true. Yet once in the proverbial blue moon, a tale defies the odds and turns out to have really happened. This story isn’t one of them. It was, in fact, a prank that people accepted as fact for over a ...

What the populists in Congress get right and get wrong

The holdouts against Kevin McCarthy’s House speakership — many of them hardline populists of the Freedom Caucus who enabled the horrible attempt to overthrow a free and fair election in violation of the Constitution — squeezed concessions from the powers that be in the chamber. A number ...

Lifesaving cardiac screening should be routine for young athletes

The recent “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was suddenly suspended, and the last thing on fans’ minds was the game’s outcome. Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed without warning after what appeared to be a routine tackle due to cardiac ...

The Taylor Swift meltdown was about greed, not bots

When the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Tuesday and questions Live Nation/Ticketmaster’s management about market competition and consumer protections, senators should prepare for an Oscar-worthy performance in finger-pointing and deflection. They will blame ticket bots for ...

As 2024 approaches, is the Trump base still on board?

Daria Novak described herself as a strong Donald Trump supporter in 2016, so much so that as the Republican nominee for Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District that year, she put Trump’s name above her own on campaign signs. While she admires the accomplishments of Trump’s four years ...