How many "Dan Sullivans" does an election need? One would seem plenty, but Alaska is going to the polls with two "Dan Sullivans" on the ballot – one the sitting Republican U.S. senator in a nip-and-tuck battle to save his seat, and the other a random guy whose only discernible purpose in ...
Every American taxpayer has the right to support or oppose how every penny of their (forced) contributions to the federal and state government is spent. And yes, this includes American "aid" to countries that include Israel. But when it comes to Israel (and only Israel), there is a ...
If media interviews with voters are to be believed, some people– perhaps many – will cast their midterm votes based on the high price of gasoline. It's one thing to read about high California gas prices; it's another to fill up my 20-gallon rental car with regular gas costing more than $6 ...
In 1978, Ohio police arrested a man named Cledith Arthur for raping his stepdaughter, then 12. On the basis of the evidence of Arthur's guilt presented to it, a grand jury indicted him. Facing trial, Arthur fled the jurisdiction and spent the rest of his life as a fugitive, ducking arrest ...
Latin American democracy is being put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. At stake is whether the left-wing government in either country can countenance the idea of legitimate opposition. The day after losing Brazil's presidential election, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro had his personal and ...
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, thinks he's another JFK, not in terms of charm or wit, but as a fellow victim of religious bigotry. When he ran for president in 1960, Jack Kennedy indeed encountered anti-Catholic prejudice, including the preposterous claim that ...
