More people in more countries are casting more ballots in 2024 than in any previous year. Yet the biggest issue is going undebated. The biggest issue is, of course, the lockdown, which led to a sharper recession than anything we experienced during the two world wars or the Great Depression. That economic contraction led to […]
Former President Donald Trump is celebrating his birthday Friday, shining a spotlight on both his and President Joe Biden‘s age as the two men vie to settle the record on the oldest person inaugurated in U.S. history. Trump is four years younger than Biden, 78 to his predecessor’s 81. But despite the relatively small age […]
As the Nov. 5 election nears and with former President Donald Trump on the cusp of becoming the Republican nominee, President Joe Biden‘s administration is amping up its regulatory actions — especially efforts to target so-called Big Tech. When advocates of expanding U.S. antitrust laws to rein in Big Tech failed to pass reforms through […]
Two presidential sons have followed their fathers to the White House. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, may be headed to the Big House. It’s no sure thing that Hunter Biden will serve prison time after a jury in Delaware on June 11 found him guilty on three felony gun charges. The verdict came […]
Former President Donald Trump was interviewed by social media influencer and WWE wrestling champion Logan Paul’s podcast Impaulsive. The appearance was advertised on a social media clip earlier this week. Trump and Paul met face-to-face in what initially appeared to be a tense standoff, similar to how fighters face off in promotions before their bouts. […]
Oklahoma is one of three states holding key primary races next Tuesday, with newly appointed House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole‘s (R-OK) contest drawing more fireworks than the district has seen in years. Oklahoma is one of several Republican strongholds with competitive primaries for House seats in 2024 as Democrats look to flip the lower […]
Summer is here. It’s time for a break, especially from politics. Why waste time thinking about Hunter Biden’s convictions and President Joe Biden’s lack of them when we could, like Donald Trump, be enjoying our freedom while we can? Let’s take a vacation in Europe. They have politics there, too, but a change is as […]
In a geopolitical climate dominated by creeping great-power competition, calls for renewed diplomacy sound misguided. Efforts at peace in Gaza and Ukraine have hitherto fallen on deaf ears as the prospect of negotiations drifts further away amid a current of chaos. Is this the new normal? Is it possible to broker peace when the U.S. […]
Bob Kelley, who reimagined his family’s Kelley Blue Book first as a nationwide source of information and then again as a pillar of the early consumer-oriented World Wide Web, died at his home in Indian Wells, California, on May 28. He was 96 years old. Born to a Los Angeles Ford dealer family in 1927, […]
Italian American actor Tony Lo Bianco died on Tuesday after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 87. Lo Bianco was best known for his role as mobster Salvatore “Sal” Boca in the 1971 film The French Connection. The movie is recognized for featuring one of the most extraordinary car chase scenes in cinematic […]
