Are you up to speed on the political term, "the popular wisdom is" and then you fill in the blank? Here's how it works. A story, let's say what is the governor going to do after leaving office? is out there. Everyone is trying to predict what is going to happen and then some wise guy (this ...
Weeks after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump looked to cut straight to the heart of birthright citizenship -- the notion that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen -- through an executive order titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship" that looked to impede automatic citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants. But in a massive blow to the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court just decided that this executive order violated the 14th Amendment, specifically the first line of Section 1: "All persons born or ...
Tenants' groups and leftwing activists are cheering New York City's newly announced multiyear rent freeze. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent scheme is headed for a judicial smackdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023 and twice in 2024, a hesitant Supreme Court declined to hear challenges by ...
The pages of tomorrow's history are written by today's decisions. History is littered with failed republics and democracies. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire. Democracy in ancient Greece turned into an aristocracy. This didn't just happen in ancient history. In 1961, a new ...
I found the "Toy Story 5" theme of tech versus toys very intriguing, as folks like me from older generations often lament that today's kids are missing out on one of the most wonderful parts of childhood: using your God-given imagination. Screentime on tablets can lock so many kids in, and while tech toys can teach them useful skills they will need, such as problem solving, language development and trial-and-error learning, they cannot replace the joyfulness and thrill that emanate from toys coming alive through the extraordinary power of creativity. "Toy Story 5" continues with Bonnie ...
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," reads the iconic welcome to the world's oppressed inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus, the poet who penned those words, had herself helped Jewish refugees from the anti-Semitic pogroms of Eastern Europe ...
