Galveston, Texas, sits on the Lone Star State鈥檚 southeast coast, situated on two islands off the mainland. When June 19, 1865, dawned, Galveston was sophisticated enough that it had its own insurance company and Catholic parochial school, and its streets were illuminated by gas lights. But ...
The question of whether we鈥檙e alone in the universe has long been a source of fascination, whether it鈥檚 H.G. Wells writing about Martians laying waste to London, or the benign and lovable E.T. being lured out of hiding by Reese鈥檚 Pieces in the beloved 1982 Steven Spielberg movie.The odds ...
Alert to the fact that Donald Trump loves to riff, some party operatives are bracing for off-the-cuff zingers directed at Republican Party Trump dissidents, when the former president speaks this weekend in North Carolina.鈥淗e鈥檚 going to spray friendly fire on other Republicans and settle ...
Bob Dylan has a song titled, 鈥淕otta serve somebody,鈥� that punctuated the reality that we humans will 鈥渟erve鈥� or worship somebody or something no matter what status we hold in life or endeavors we accomplish. Many have identified with that sentiment by recognizing the spiritual truth ...
The death of any 6-year-old child is an unspeakable tragedy, but the death one week ago of Aiden Leos, a Los Angeles-area kindergartner, is particularly horrible and senseless.Leos was shot to death in a booster seat in the back of his mother鈥檚 car. They were on one of Southern California鈥檚 ...
This is not Dick Nixon鈥檚 New Federalism. This is New Federalism on steroids.In 1972, the Nixon administration began distributing federal dollars under the rubric of the New Federalism directly to state and local governments. The program was terminated in 1986, during the Reagan years.In ...
