<strong>Cheers:</strong> With school back in session and colder weather looming over the horizon, that means that the number of respiratory illnesses circulating is bound to increase 鈥� including COVID-19. While the pandemic has largely passed, people are still ...
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 was not this nation鈥檚 first or worst pandemic. There probably will be worse. How much worse might depend on the caliber of public health leaders. There is room for improvement.Approximately 1,200 presidential appointees require Senate confirmation. A crucial one does ...
Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate 鈥� or both.Titled 鈥淧opulism vs. Conservatism: Republicans鈥� Time for Choosing,鈥� the speech was an homage to his hero, Ronald Reagan, who in 1964 gave a ...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been giving interviews of late, serious interviews. The New York representative is clearly maturing. The celebrity-obsessed lefty has turned into a working member of Congress. That鈥檚 good for all who want the Democratic fringes to stop attacking their moderates ...
An op-ed in <em>The New York Times</em> warns, as the headline puts it, that 鈥淎merica is an empire in decline,鈥� and finds a precedent in imperial Rome.The piece, written by the co-author of a new book, 鈥淲hy Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the ...
State legislators appear to have reached a consensus that Pennsylvania, which long has been a major player in determining the winners of presidential elections, finally will become a player in the primary process that selects the nominees.Next year鈥檚 primary election is scheduled for April ...
