The requirements are simple for a bride on her wedding day. They are so simple, in fact, children can recite them. Before heading down the aisle, she needs: “Something old, something new; something borrowed, something blue.” But what about the groom? What should he have? Believe ...
Four months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I was in the heart of Odesa’s cultural center. Some gangly soldiers were standing on the corner with ill-fitted uniforms and shirts untucked, prompting my Ukrainian colleague to lament the country’s future if the government sent those ...
Is Joe Biden hiding in plain sight? Is his most extensive public effort these days fending off signs of age, hiding his infirmities, and clinging to the hope that he can still win in the election just over a year from now? Sotto voce, the savants of the Democratic Party worry and complain ...
“This is crazy,” said Noel Escobar as he pulled out his mobile phone and started filming thieves ransacking the Nordstrom store at Topanga Mall in Los Angeles. His video showed a gang in masks and hoodies breaking open glass displays and grabbing clothes, purses and luxury goods. The band ...
Solving the U.S. debt crisis will be challenging. It will require bringing expenditures into balance with revenues in the long term. The federal government has failed to do this for decades. Under law, deficits and debt are projected to continue to grow at an unsustainable rate for the ...
Violent crime and public safety will be a campaign issue as presidential candidates crisscross the nation. While conservatives support “law and order” and the “rule of law,” recent polling shows Republican voter views on crime and the criminal justice system are much more complex. ...