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New ‘Hunger Winter’ looms as Europe prepares to shiver

Even as Europe has been dealing with its hottest summer on record, it has been fearfully aware that it may face its worst winter since the one at the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1945. Electricity shortages and unpayable fuel prices for many households are in store for ...

Holy Cow! History: The woman who made the president’s mealtime miserable

Imagine a formal White House meal. Glistening silver, glittering china, gleaming crystal. And the food! The chow there is good. Except once during the 20th century when the woman charged with feeding the president served meals that were so bad that guests cringed. That hottest ticket in ...

Travel and tourism’s role in our recovering economy

Two years after the pandemic scrapped many people’s vacation plans, travelers are seeking new experiences and exciting destinations this summer. But there’s been another major roadblock in our return to normalcy: prices at the gas pump, soaring airline tickets, and inflationary pressure ...

Edging toward war over Taiwan

Chinese rhetoric over Taiwan is getting more strident all the time. It’s hard to believe the Chinese will go beyond the kind of big talk we’ve been hearing since Chiang Kai-shek fled there with his defeated forces before the victory of Mao’s Red Army on the mainland in 1949, but the ...

Make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent

No one knows the future direction of the American economy, but several danger signs are ahead. One is continued inflation at 40-year highs or worse — a cruel hidden tax that eats away wages and savings, with more suffering for families struggling to afford groceries and gasoline. Another is a ...

U.S. public health messaging is guiding consumers toward smoking

A new American Cancer Society study suggests that the public health community should be more careful about the messaging it delivers on the differences in harm between combustible tobacco and vaping products. The research found that the public perception among American adults of e-cigarettes ...