Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for ...
Sometimes Humpty Dumpty can be put back together again. Back in 2020, during the spasm of violence in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, vandals in Baltimore, Maryland, tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus. They shattered the figure of the iconic explorer and tossed the ...
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are running content very harmful to children. So said a jury in New Mexico that just slapped their owner, Meta, with a $375 million fine. The state accused the company of spreading pornographic images and helping adults contact vulnerable children. Meta ...
War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men's power games. It is ...
Over the last few years, we’ve all felt the pinch on our wallets as the costs of living have risen and wages haven’t kept up. But some relief for struggling families is in sight now that a bipartisan group of lawmakers has a plan to make water and sewer bills more affordable. Senate Bills ...
PARIS -- Do you have a pro-Trump friend or family member who's gung-ho about him bombing Iran? Polls suggest that you might. If so, that person likely feels that this is some kind of football match and that Trump is the star quarterback who deserves fan loyalty at all costs -- even if he ...
