"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." — Voltaire (1694-1778) A government that claims the authority to kill persons after they have been subdued, disarmed, tried, convicted and confined in prison has ...
The United Kingdom stood virtually alone against the Nazi war machine in June 1941. As Germany prepared to invade the Soviet Union that month, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, a lifelong anti-communist, declared, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of ...
The federal government just closed fiscal year 2026 with a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, according to figures the Congressional Budget Office released last Thursday. Only the two pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 were worse. Today, though, there is no recession and no emergency. These enormous ...
State and Maui County officials have waived some of the regulations slowing down Lahaina's wildfire recovery, but there are still hurdles that need to be addressed. One is the county's Urban Design Review Board. That board, staffed by nine volunteers who are either engineers or architects, ...
We’ve seen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lifting weights in snug Levis, sweat pouring down his naked muscled chest. Last February, the secretary of health and human services was “giving body” in the “Rock Out Workout” video. A jeans-clad Kennedy flexes alongside Kid Rock in black shorts, ...
Back in my college days (American University, Washington, D.C.), required reading included the works of Greek playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Long after graduation they remained on my bookshelf. It was believed for generations that these men, along with philosophers Plato, ...
