Amid celebrations of our nation's 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation's core institutions. "Confidence in U.S. institutions Remains Near All-Time Low," reports Gallup. Of 14 core institutions - banks, big business, labor, ...
In 2010, President Obama described those midterm elections as a "shellacking" for Democrats, who lost 60 seats in the House. Then, as now, the economy was the top issue. If Republicans could have had a worse night, I don't know what it would be. From Maine to Michigan to Texas, Republicans ...
The headline item from Tuesday's elections is that Democrats wiped out Republicans in the House and the Senate. Congratulations. But do our newly minted senators, with their terms ending in January 2033, realize that they will be the cohort of legislators who face the exhaustion of ...
Jackie Kennedy Onassis, a book editor for the last two decades of her life, told one of her authors, "If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life." I've been mulling over her words ever since my publisher scheduled my new novel for publication in ...
American voters have spoken. And in our 250th anniversary year, it's encouraging to know that our Constitutional order has survived another election. Yes, we finalize our political battles in the private voting booth. As Congress prepares to return for a postelection legislative ...
"There is an epidemic of suffering!" says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. "A mental health crisis!" says Vice President JD Vance. "Mental health crisis among U.S. teens," reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: "America's mental health is worsening." Former President ...
