What issue seems to unite members of the Democratic Party these days? Is it climate change and the desire to eliminate all fossil fuels from the American energy portfolio? Not quite. Although many Democrats support the so-called Green New Deal, plenty still stop short of calling for a full ...
We have never seen anything quite like the field of 24 candidates now running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. As journalists, we at times find it somewhat overwhelming to keep track of not only the candidates, but the plans they are espousing. We can only imagine how confusing ...
From the 1950s through the end of the 1980s, the U.S. was obsessed with space exploration. The height of this era was the July 20, 1969 moon landing. This time frame aligned with the height of the Cold War. Certainly, much of NASA’s work was done to ensure the U.S. did not surrender the ...
New Hampshire is the only state in Democrat-heavy New England (plus New York) that features a minimum wage lower than $10.10 per hour, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Even some so-called “red states,” signifying their voters’ relatively strong approval of President Donald ...
Last week’s mass murder in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was more bloody proof that we Americans need to do more to curb such violence. It also indicated both why more gun control laws are attractive to some politicians – while futile in achieving the desired result. Hours after emailing his ...
Someone finally noticed something was wrong at the Mount Carmel Health System hospital near Columbus, Ohio – but only after 25 people had died, allegedly because a doctor ordered they be given excessively large doses of a painkiller drug. Dr. William Husel has been charged with murder in ...