Charlie Kratovil, editor of New Brunswick Today, had a very interesting weekend a while back. The editor of the small local paper must have drawn the short straw to cover education conference put on by a non-profit called “Project Ready,” in his publication’s namesake, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, will return to high-stakes legislative wrangling on the “Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019,” which he co-authored with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, the committee’s ranking member.
The last decade has seen a new and somewhat disturbing phenomena however. The trendy political message is no longer about strengthening the United States. Instead, it is about tearing it down.
One couldn’t help but be shocked by the lack of discipline, the lowering of standards, and the destruction of traditions that had held officer trainees in good standing for decades, if not centuries. The situation has not gotten any better, and, in many ways, it is getting worse.
Thirty years ago two million Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians along with other nationalities living in our countries held hands in a continuous 370 mile-long human chain, and doing so moved the course of history in the direction of freedom. This event was the Baltic Way.
What factors usually re-elect or throw out incumbent presidents? The economy counts most.
Bernie Sanders is all about transparency. He’s for transparency in charter schools. He’s for transparency in campaign finance. He’s even for transparency when it comes to aliens from space.
Remember the controversy in 2012 when President Barack Obama said, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
Since Mr. Trump became a serious candidate for president in 2015, late night comedians, especially the four heavily political ones have beat the same jokes and concepts about the man to death.
While coming of age in the 1980s, young people witnessed numerous changes in technology, politics and many other fields. Yet the timeless task of facing one's future was as daunting as ever. It was also quite funny.
Most likely voters in America think Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the Democrat Party's leading contenders for the White House, lied about her Native American heritage, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. But the rest of the survey adds that for "most," it's not a critical issue when it comes to how they will vote.
ABC just announced its selection of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos to serve as moderator for the network's upcoming Democratic Party presidential debate. Debate? More like "The Why President Donald Trump Should Be Impeached" hour with your host! Jorge! Ramos! Cue applause. Let the panty tossing begin.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new rules giving the 725,000 or so illegals living in his jurisdiction the right to apply for subsidized and low-cost housing. There's an open door, roll-out-the-mat welcome to illegals for ya. More safety and security for citizens in the city that never sleeps, yes?
None of the programs I downloaded on my iPhone blocks the solicitation calls that outrageously invade my privacy and impel me to want the strictest possible governmental ban on all telephone sales intrusions.
Mr. Lakhonin is absolutely correct: The heroic deeds of the Soviet people must not be forgotten ("Why the heroic deeds of the Soviet people must not be forgotten," Web, Aug. 21). But we must also remember the less-than-heroic deeds of the Soviet government. Some of what Mr. Lakhonin writes is factual, but some of it is incomplete or simply untrue.
A number of extraordinary ideas have been launched by presidential contenders in both major political parties, and some are finding traction. One such idea focuses on birthright citizenship, established by the 14th Amendment ("Trump says ending birthright citizenship back on agenda," Web, Aug. 21). Many of those who believe birthright citizenship should be retained offer as arguments that it is enshrined in the Constitution and is a fundamental American value. But which comes first? Is it a fundamental American value because it is in our Constitution, or is it in the Constitution because it is an immutable fundamental value?
It's hard to categorize Julia Blackburn's "Time Song." It's definitely non-fiction rather than fiction, though that judgment denies that the shaping hand of an author fictionalizes everything. But let's go with the broad classification of non-fiction and fit "Time Song" into it.
Rep. Ralph Abraham, a Republican from Louisiana who is seeking the governor's seat for his state, rocked national headlines by claiming in a 30-second campaign advertisement that "there are only two genders." Remember the days when such a news story would be the stuff and nonsense of The Onion's satirical pages?
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors just adopted a resolution recommending that felons not be called felons but rather "formerly incarcerated person" or former "justice-involved" person or "returning resident" -- or any other number of soft and fuzzy names that won't hurt the feelings of the, umm, felons. File this under Ridiculous.
