Nearly three decades after the end of the Troubles, Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, is once again on fire. On Monday, June 8, a Sudanese "asylum" seeker attacked a local man on the street with a kitchen knife, slashing him across the face and neck. Graphic video of the attack, which ...
The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the Revolutionary era. It's an occasion to reflect on the uniqueness, indeed ...
Is a glass of wine with dinner going to increase your chance of getting cancer or another serious illness? For the past few years, we've been deluged with studies and news accounts suggesting that the answer is yes. This week, the USDA reinstated a caution in its dietary guidelines about ...
Something important is happening in Washington that many political observers did not expect to see this early in President Donald Trump's second term. For the first time since Republicans regained unified control of Washington, significant numbers of Republican senators and House members are ...
The late broadcast journalist David Brinkley once observed: "Objectivity is impossible to normal human behavior. Rather, we should strive for fairness." Fairness is at the heart of the ongoing shakeup at CBS News and especially at the legendary "60 Minutes". Since television is a business ...
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial candidate that Graham Platner's actions have not been sterling. Voters considering Platner don't like his "shameful" actions against women, the Californian said, but "they are willing to extend him grace and ...
