On Thursday evening, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. This holiday, which occurs seven weeks and one day after Passover (hence the name Shavuot, which literally means “weeks”), commemorates perhaps the most transformative event in all of human history: the revelation of the Word ...
Something strange is happening in Washington. A generation of investors and entrepreneurs who built careers championing private capital and intuitively understood the power of market discipline and limited government have joined the Trump administration, taking charge of hundreds of billions ...
With the snow gone and warmer weather returning — though slowly — to the region, drivers should expect an increase in motorcyclists on roadways, state officials advise. Which is why the Michigan Department of State marks Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in May with its the annual “Look Twice. Save a Life” public education campaign. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a proclamation calling on all Michigan motorists to drive defensively and cautiously to reduce collisions and save lives. “As motorcycle season returns to Michigan, we’re reminding drivers to be attentive and on ...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t believe in billionaires. On a podcast the other day, she said that it’s impossible to make a billion dollars without lying, cheating or stealing. “There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned, right,” AOC declared. “You ...
On March 27, the Louisville Metro Police Department in Louisville, Kentucky, responded to a 911 call requesting help for someone experiencing a mental health emergency. When police arrived, Katelyn Hall had locked herself in the bathroom with the intention of harming herself. At last ...
Eight years ago, local officials in Washington learned that a section of a sewage line next to the Potomac River had become corroded and was at risk of bursting. They wanted to repair it urgently. But the officials first needed to apply for a federal permit. When they did, federal officials demanded an exhaustive review of the project’s potential effects on trees, wildflowers and bats rather than granting the permit, The Washington Post has documented. Four months ago, the section burst, spewing hundreds of millions of gallons of raw human waste into the Potomac. This example is ...
