In 2007, Hugo Chavez sent men with rifles into the Orinoco Belt. They walked into oilfields Americans had surveyed, Americans had drilled and American engineering had made productive and told ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to take a minority stake in their own work or get out. Those two got ...
Building an Empire – he defeated the greatest nation in the world, international trade and free markets, the rule of law, democracy and freedom, and universal human dignity. Count them all. Only, his ambition has exceeded him. He stumbled in Ukraine and turned his people into cannon fodder. Lance Heitz Presque Isle
I'm going to warn you right away: this may seem a little sappy. I don't apologize for that. I'm an emotional person, and I've come to view that as one of my strengths. My emotions are closely tied to my passions, and over the last four years, one of those passions has become Alpena. Oddly ...
In Harrisville at the north end of Lake Street sits Hazen “Kiki” Cuyler Memorial Field. Once a year in mid-September for the past five years, this historic baseball diamond becomes a field of dreams for a contingent of baseball-loving old-timers who gather for a game to honor the ...
WASHINGTON -- The city takes a deep breath after the president's IndyCar auto races came and went without crashing a precious Smithsonian artwork, and before Congress returns. Cicadas and tennis balls make background music. Thank god we didn't lose a Cezanne or Renoir as IndyCar drivers ...
The trial of Lindsay Clancy forces us to confront a tragedy almost beyond human comprehension: A mother killed her three young children -- 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan -- inside their Massachusetts home. We must begin with those children. They were innocent, ...
