My husband joined the Navy in March 1999, and within 30 months we were engulfed in a war that would last the rest of his military career. When his ship pulled out of New York Harbor on 9/11, I never dreamed that we would still be at war when he retired in November 2020. For nearly 20 years, ...
Gustavo Petro’s recent elevation to the presidency in Colombia is drawing global attention for its significant firsts. The first leftist president in Colombia. The first former guerrilla leader. But more attention should be given to what is sadly not unique about his ascension: yet another ...
The clock is ticking for the freight rail industry and holdout labor unions to reach an agreement on a new contract and prevent an economy-crippling strike just weeks ahead of the midterm elections. Nine of the 12 unions representing rail employees have bargained for an agreement with the ...
Americans have a choice this fall between giving President Biden and Democrats in Washington two more years to accomplish their agenda or handing control of Congress over to Republicans. With skyrocketing inflation, healthcare costs and prescription drug prices, most experts expect voters to ...
On August 25, California announced that it had accomplished what many thought might be impossible: finding another way to make life difficult for its citizens — this time by banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles. California already has an affordable housing crisis, the worst roads ...
While walking out of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin was asked by a woman, “Well, Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” And Franklin responded with the mythical line, “A republic, if you can keep it.” And so, the obvious question throughout ...
