You’d think it would be the one thing we could all agree upon. Life grows ever more complex. Planetary overheating threatens a future of floods, food shortages and mass migration. We carry supercomputers in our pockets. Robots are taking our jobs. So you’d think, for all the partisan ...
To those of us of who learned our U.S. history from texts in the 1940s and ‘50s, President Donald Trump’s brainstorm of acquiring Greenland fits into a venerable tradition of American expansionism. The story begins with colonial officer George Washington’s march out toward Fort Duquesne ...
“Medicare for all” sounded to a substantial number of Americans like a wonderful it, until they learned and thought more about it. Democratic candidates for president noticed the shift. Now, some who backed the proposal initially are altering their rhetoric. In essence, “Medicare for ...
WASHINGTON – In a trade war, as in a real one, people are wounded by friendly fire from their side. Consider some casualties in Donald Trump’s “easy to win” – his promise – trade war. Begin with the company whose green machines bear the name of the blacksmith who, in the 1830s in ...
It’s that time of year again. You can see it in the stores, in advertisers’ circulars and on many TV commercials. It’s back to school time for the kiddos. Show of hands… who remembers their very first day of grade school? Middle or Junior High School? High School? Despite it being ...
Procuring and publishing information about the activities of government is vital to the preservation of our republic. It also happens to be a significant portion of The Telegraph’s mission. Therefore, we will never be the ones to say that members of the public should stop filing ...