Last year my 24-year-old daughter, Annabel, decided to go into nursing after earning a bachelor’s degree in another field. She’s now in a master’s program and well on her way to becoming a nurse and probably a nurse practitioner after that. But watching her navigate the complex, ...
In 2000, something remarkable happened: the world came together and committed to a short list of ambitious targets that became known as the Millennium Development Goals. The objectives — to reduce poverty, fight disease, keep kids in school and so on — essentially boiled down to eight ...
America’s detente relationship with China regarding Taiwan has had enormous benefits for all three countries for the last five decades, but an unsettling slide toward political posturing and rhetoric puts the future of that relationship at risk. The United States must affirm its commitment ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently rejected two menthol e-cigarette products. Meaning well, the agency has set a goal “to make tobacco-related disease and death part of America’s past, not America’s future.” The hope is that by doing so, they will “ensure a healthier life for ...
The Biden administration hopes to assuage European economic fears over green energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act. The European Union is concerned that the law gives tax credits on certain electric or hybrid vehicles built in North America, excluding those made in the EU. This has ...
War is an ugly thing. Sustained war depletes a country’s resources and typically their resolve. However, because of President Biden’s continued weakness, Russia is growing stronger, economically and in perceived strength. Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped his invasion of Ukraine ...