Almost 250 years ago, George Washington created America’s first mass immunization mandate, relying on science to protect public health. Oh, how times have changed. Back then, smallpox had just helped end the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada. Despite making it all the way to Quebec, ...
When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the ...
So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's policies ...
Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" If the same queries were directed to Candace Owens at such a forum, she'd sail on unperturbed — since she has no ...
This is an open letter to U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet. I am writing to express my deep frustration and disappointment in your recent conduct regarding your involvement in the race after publicly stating you would remain neutral. Your decision to support Beau LaFave after promising not ...
When I first saw Jesse Jackson, like most Americans, it was on television. He was there when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. I later witnessed Jackson giving the commencement address at North Carolina Central University Law School where my sister Ruth was matriculating. My sister ...