It was 1998—the year I turned 21 years old and close to the exact moment the ship I was deployed on entered the waters of the Persian Gulf. At the time, it was the most significant military build-up in U.S. history since Desert Storm. My mission was to lead a group of Marines in recovering ...
Current election cycles are feeling more and more like professional sporting events. We make predictions, compare statistics, listen to pundits, and love to “Monday morning quarterback” the results. Everyone has an opinion on what campaigns could have and should have done better and why the ...
It had been building for weeks. Americans could talk about little else, the tension and anxiety growing daily as the stakes climbed ever higher. The answer finally came on Nov. 8 and the country heaved a huge sigh of relief, glad that it was finally over. One lucky person in California had ...
As the landscape around reproductive rights in the United States is shifting, the middlemen of the drug supply chain, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, are once again proving they require additional government guardrails. A new report from the House Oversight Committee finds that health insurers and ...
The other day, I was at the grocery store — my source of amusement and connection with people at large during and post-COVID. I say “post-COVID,” knowing we will never be truly “post,” but at least we are not in the state of trauma we once were. When I asked the cashier, Joe, with ...
It’s time to head to the polls again. But before you cast your ballot, how much do you know about some of the stories behind Election Day? Find out with this short, easy and fun quiz. 1. Who was the only candidate elected president on his birthday? A. William Howard Taft B. Woodrow ...
