More than 2 million Texans were left without clean drinking water after a treatment facility power outage in Houston. It was the third time that Houstonians were boiling water to brush their teeth in three years. And while the outage undoubtedly caused stress at the end of a holiday weekend, ...
Every day, 2.4 million people tune in to watch Dr. Phil give mental health advice. Described as the top mental health show on TV, it is widely trusted by many Americans because Dr. Phil examines some of our society’s difficult issues. Abortion is among the most difficult issues, which might ...
This year we saw a midterm election system that was a record-breaker in political spending — to the tune of more than $16.7 billion. Our political discourse is replete with concerns about money’s influence, including “dark money” in elections. But what’s important to remember is the ...
A long-awaited review of the Food and Drug Administration’s Human Foods Program, partly funded by the FDA, is out. The conclusion from the Reagan-Udall Foundation is that the FDA is a great deal for consumers and would be a much better deal if the agency had a lot more money and power. As the ...
A month ago, COP 27 (the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference) had its last session. What did it accomplish? A fund was set up for rich countries to pay for climate-related disasters in poorer nations. But the basic answer to the question of what COP 27 accomplished, now as in previous years, ...
The Yankee cavalryman had no idea what lay in store when he raised his sword that Easter Sunday afternoon. How could he? All he knew was he had a job to do. So, he lifted his arm and prepared to strike. What happened next triggered a chain of events that culminated in creating one of the most ...