The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.
Thirty years ago today, history took off in a brand new direction.
Brexit seems like it’s inevitable at this point, and that could set in motion a series of events that would mean the end of the United Kingdom.
The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.
Trump makes a particularly dumb comment about our alliance with Syrian Kurds.
More information released last night confirmed the extent to which the United States was linking progress on its relationship with Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden and his son.
Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.
Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.
The House of Commons handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a huge loss yesterday, throwing the short-term future of Brexit into doubt.
The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.
On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.
WIth some signs pointing to a slowing global economy, and President Trump applying political pressure, the Federal Reserve reversed interest rate policy yesterday.
Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.
How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.
Volkswagen recently announced that it was ending production of one of its most famous and recognizable models. The last Beetle rolls off the assembly line tomorrow.
Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.
The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.
In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.
Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?
One of America’s fist celebrity CEO’s has passed away at the age of 94.
The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.
Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.
Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.
As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.
Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.
Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.
The GOP Senators standing up against the President’s tariffs on Mexico are being called courageous. I’m wondering what took them so long to stand up.
Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.
The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94
White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.
Theresa May has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party as of June 7th, starting a process that will have her out of Downing Street withing the next two months or so.
President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.
Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.
Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.
The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.
One of the last of the Navajo Code Talkers, who provided the U.S. military with an unbreakable code in the fight against Japan in World War Two, has died at the age of 97.
Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to abdicate the throne in 200 years today.
He’s a national treasure who has been appropriately honored for a lifetime of service and sacrifice. But this seems different.
Scholars argue that the shifting media landscape is largely to blame for our political crisis.
The woman famous for losing the Georgia governor’s race is eyeing a bigger job.
It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.
