The life expectancy of Americans has dropped for two consecutive years. The first year, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, was consistent with other countries. The seco...
“Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.” So says Apemantus to the title character in the William Shakespeare play “Timon of Athens.” He might also direct his insult at ...
WASHINGTON — The United States doesn’t have a government agency that tells the nation who’s won an election right away. Every state has its own process for counting votes...
The worldwide debate over climate change is descending into a political food fight. On Sunday, climate activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s famous “Les Meule...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases filed against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that could profou...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the July-September quarter, the government reported Thursday, underscoring that the United States is not in a r...
America is now a nation where acts of political violence are so predictable that for months before an assailant broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy P...
With all the talk about higher rents, inflation, rent control, evictions and the like, people need to better understand how rents are actually determined in the real real...
As Xi Jinping edges out his rivals in the Chinese Communist Party, shakes up his leadership team and begins an unprecedented third term as China’s leader, Beijing’s milit...
With my best friend riding shotgun and my two dogs in the back seat of my Buick Encore, I made the road trip from D.C. to Chicago last month for the ordination and consec...
