Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration banned the use of electric-shock devices intended to correct or stop half self-harming or aggressive behavior in those with intellectual or behavioral disabilities. The ban, although nationwide, is aimed at the Judge Rotenberg Educational ...
A peace agreement signed Saturday between U.S. officials and representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban organization is long overdue, as far as Americans are concerned. We have spent far too much and lost too many lives in what has become the longest armed conflict in our nation’s ...
First, Tom Styer. Then, Pete Buttigieg. Finally, Amy Klobuchar. Three more Democrats have ended their bid for the presidency, with two – Buttigieg and Klobuchar – endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. As Super Tuesday dawns, it is safe to say Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) criticizes Democrats for lacking the courage to think big. But it takes no courage to promise impossible levels of new spending and programs that could not work as advertised. It takes courage to level with voters. Mr. Sanders’s rivals for the Democratic ...
Learning how many people live in the United States — and how they live — is important for any number of reasons. That is why the census is conducted every decade. Information the census collects is of interest not just to demographers. It is used to apportion states’ members of the ...
So, how worried should I be about COVID-19? What do I need to do to keep myself and my loved ones safe? There is reason for concern about COVID-19, the coronavirus that has spread to 50 countries after breaking out in China. As of Thursday morning, the disease had killed about 2,800 people. An ...