Hospitals and high-tech manufacturers puckered up when Hurricane Helene blew through North Carolina. The storm threatened to flood out the quartz supply for semi-conductors and solar, and some …

“In Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. And even if we wouldn’t make those same choices for ourselves, we’ve got a golden rule: Mind your own damn …

Ann Arbor – Barak Ravid at Axios got the scoop. He was leaked a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense …

“Rez Ball,” a new sports drama streaming on Netflix, is based on true events, and a gripping story. You don’t have to be a basketball fan to appreciate this film. The actors and Sydney …

Long before Donald Trump declared he would run for president, his first political adviser articulated the central idea that has come to define both candidate and campaign. “Hate is a stronger …

“Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest of Them All?” says Melania, softly, turning her head slowly this way and that. Poor Melania, standing there and realizing that, at 54, her …

He was in single digits, then double digits. He was finishing second in hypothetical races with other Republicans. He started winning primaries. Huckabee dropped out, then Santorum, then …

Since crossing the Golden Gate Bridge running away from a wrecked home, I’ve taken to life on my own. I come and go as I please. I pursue plans and projects to my heart’s content and can hear …

This summer, the Biden administration offered Wyoming $35 million to help the state plug and clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. When Wyoming turned down the cash, it seemed hard to believe. It …

“NOSTRUM: a device or medicine prepared by the person recommending it.” (Yes, it sounds like something from Ambrose Bierce, but in fact it’s the earliest definition of “nostrum” in the …

Big Mac Bites Big Meat Over Alleged ‘Artificially Higher Prices’ If you buy nearly two billion pounds of beef a year–an on-the-hoof equivalent of seven million cattle–you’d think …

Most governments in Asia are now under severe fund crunches, and it causes reduced state spending on social welfare measures that are targeted to the poor. However, big corporations actually …

Former President Barack Obama stirred up some attention Oct. 10 when he suggested lackluster support for Kamala Harris among Black men is mostly about her gender. “Part of it makes me think …

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the American predecessor to the CIA and was formed during World War II. They hired a psychoanalyst, Dr. Walter C. Langer, to undertake an exhaustive, …

Lilly Ledbetter, whose lawsuit against Goodyear paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009 and who dedicated decades of her life to fighting for equal pay, died in Alabama on Saturday, Oct. 12, her …

Sadism and masochism (abbreviated as S&M) are generally frowned on in polite society as perverse acts of sexual gratification. But what should we make of M&As? This is Wall Street’s …

Jon Stewart didn’t let Bill Adair finish his sentence, so I’ll do it. nnAdair, father of Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checker PolitiFact, was discussing his book “Beyond the Big Lie” on “The …

Plastic pollution is slowly killing us. The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (March 2024) recently reported that for the first time scientists have linked tiny plastic particles, the …

The National Religious Broadcasters and two high-profile Texas-based churches have filed a complaint against the Internal Revenue Service in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of …

Republicans are counting on fears of immigrants to draw white conservatives to the polls. This calculation is dangerous — and it lets the real villains in our politics off the hook. There’s a …