Watch out for unintended consequences. They’ll get you every time. It happened 160 years ago when a simple act of courtesy set in motion a chain of events that wound up taking a famous American’s life. Really. When you hear “Ulysses S. Grant,” what comes to mind? The more scholarly ...
The situation in Bakhmut is “extremely tense,” Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of Ukraine’s eastern grouping of forces, acknowledged Tuesday after a visit to the besieged city. In recent days, Russia appears to have taken the towns of Berkhivka and Yahidne, northwest of ...
For more than a year, President Biden and others have harangued oil and gas companies for earning too much money and then not investing enough of those profits to increase domestic production. Enter ConocoPhillips with its Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska (NPR-A). ...
Like President Biden, I am a stutterer or, more accurately, a controlled stutterer. In a poll asking whether they believe Biden stutters or ever stuttered, 80 percent to 95 percent say he has not. However, if you define a stutterer as someone who has faltered or thinks about the possibility ...
If you live in one of America’s biggest cities, it’s likely your municipal government cooks the books, overestimating money coming in and undercounting bills. Truth in Accounting (TIA) released its latest report, “Financial State of the Cities 2023,” earlier this month. New York is ...
The internet changed the world, allowing people everywhere to access information, share their views and debate contentious topics. Social media, in particular, has given endless opportunities for people to form like-minded communities and discuss important issues. But for as long as the ...