[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the same topic, The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights, and Then Comes Government. It […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least one mystery about President Joe Biden’s often convoluted answers during the presidential debate has been solved. Early in the debate, the 81-year-old Democrat was asked a question about the national debt and ended his meandering answer by declaring, “We finally beat Medicare.” That was not what Biden had intended to […]
AYETORO, Nigeria (AP) — The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded decades ago and nicknamed “Happy City,” meant to be a Christian utopia that would be sinless and classless. But now its remaining residents can do little against the rising sea. Buildings have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean, an increasingly common image along the […]
Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy creditors accused the former New York City mayor of paying his girlfriend and her daughter rather than those who are owed money. Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December after a defamation case left him owing nearly $148m to two Georgia election workers. Lawyers for the Committee of Unsecured Creditors – […]
A Boeing 737 barely cleared the runway in an incident in the UK. The pilots didn’t notice they set the thrust too low, but the autothrottle also had a fault. According to investigators, Boeing said the auto-throttle has “a long history of nuisance disconnects.” A Boeing 737 barely managed to clear a runway following a […]
A Minnesota jury on Friday found five of seven defendants guilty of most of the crimes they faced related to a scheme in which they misused millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic. The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million Covid relief scheme that prosecutors say is the […]
At many protests or campaign rallies these days, there can be nearly as many people recording video of what’s happening as people doing something worth recording. And into that world of dueling video posts and constant surveillance a bill to prevent “video stalking” is set to be passed by the Rhode Island House of Representatives […]
News that a conservative nonprofit legal group is challenging Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program got me thinking about the many attempts to redress the wrongs of systemic racism through monetary compensation. Americans have a long tradition of offering reparations for slavery, only to see them clawed back. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the […]
A man takes a picture through a hole made in a large black screen that was set up to block the view of Mount Fuji in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 24, 2024. Credit – Kyodo News/Getty Images Locals in a Japanese town frustrated by overtourism had a plan to keep unruly […]
The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet. The J-20 reportedly had several encounters with the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 jets in 2020. The Chinese air force has a fleet of more than 200 J-20 jets — and the figure is only expected to grow. The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth […]
The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet. The J-20 reportedly had several encounters with the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 jets in 2020. The Chinese air force has a fleet of more than 200 J-20 jets — and the figure is only expected to grow. The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth […]
May 6—Del. Jordan Bridges, a coal miner who represents Logan County, said he’s had to break from the rest of the Republican caucus for the best interests of the people in his home county. He said other lawmakers didn’t listen to his concerns about an unemployment bill that cuts benefits and passed during the recent […]