At certain junctures throughout America鈥檚 history, we鈥檝e been asked to make sacrifices 鈥� sometimes irrevocable sacrifices 鈥� for the common good and for abstract concepts like liberty and justice.Last week, President Trump and many of his allies tossed out the notion that Americans might ...
If television commercials touting various medications and financial plans are to be believed, our senior years are a time of fun and frolic.Tennis! Exotic vacations! Gardening! Cheerful, well-behaved grandkids!While it is true that people are living longer and healthier lives than they once ...
The good news first: The United States has made unquestionable progress in fighting poverty since President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on it in 1964. The number of Americans living in destitution has fallen by more than one-third over the last half-century. We may never fully eliminate ...
The good news first: The United States has made unquestionable progress in fighting poverty since President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on it in 1964. The number of Americans living in destitution has fallen by more than one-third over the last half-century. We may never fully eliminate ...
When artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon were displayed at the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh last year, it was striking just how primitive most of those objects looked.Standing just feet from the command module that orbited the moon in July 1969 while Neil ...