In 2015, at the age of 90, former president Jimmy Carter released a statement saying that he had metastatic melanoma and that the cancer had spread to his brain. 鈥淚t鈥檚 in the hands of God,鈥� he calmly explained, 鈥渨hom I worship.鈥� News organizations dusted off obituaries, and tributes ...
At least four or five times a week, freight trains rumble past my house. The tracks are no more than 75 feet from where I park my car.Most of the early morning trains consist in part of tanker cars carrying who knows what chemicals. More than once I鈥檝e wondered what would happen if just one ...
The kids are alright, The Who once sang.Well, actually, they might not be.Some recent studies have shown that young people, particularly teenage girls, are experiencing disturbingly high levels of stress and distress. Granted, teens have been experiencing their share of angst since the whole ...
I will always fondly remember from my political career two individuals. They were different as night and day. One a Republican president who became my friend and the other a Democrat born in Connecticut who would become my congressional role model 鈥� even though I never met him as I was in ...
WASHINGTON 鈥� In autumn 1941, a few German units in Hitler鈥檚 drive toward Moscow reached the city鈥檚 outer suburbs, close enough to see the Kremlin鈥檚 spires. Then Soviet forces counterattacked against a German army that lacked winter clothing because the high command had promised that the ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> As the 缅北禁地 reported Sunday, student meal debt continues to rise in the wake of a move by federal lawmakers to end funding that made school meals free for all students during the pandemic. The program鈥檚 end comes at the same time ...
