Americans will soon choose a set of senators who will take office in January 2027 and serve through early 2033. In the final months of that term, Social Security's retirement trust fund is expected to run dry and trigger benefits cuts of 22% – not just for the wealthy, not just for ...
America spends an extraordinary amount of time debating the top 1% – the billionaires, corporate CEOs and hedge fund managers – and the widening gap between the rich and everyone else. It is an important conversation in a nation that prizes both opportunity and free ...
For some reason, many Americans seem convinced they have to tour Europe this summer – despite the heat, oppressive crowds and high prices all descending on the continent. And if anyone needs a fourth reason, it's to recognize the growing resentment among many Europeans as the tourist ...
Few things in life, besides a glass of water when you are crossing the desert, offer as much immediate relief as air conditioning. You're boiling outside, you pull open a door, you step into a paradise of 68-degree air, and your body all but screams "Hallelujah!" In years past, businesses ...
The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated and attributed to different people, but he appears to have ...
A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed. Plants were shutting down. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won applause bragging about closing a nuclear plant "14 years ahead of schedule." "Why would they applaud?" asks former nuclear engineer Ray Rothrock in my new video. "They ...
