As the governments of the U.K., Canada and France announce their intent to recognize a Palestinian state, I recall the words of C.S. Lewis, so aptly quoted by President Ronald Reagan in his famous “evil empire” speech: “The greatest evil is not done now ... in those sordid ‘dens of ...
Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois. It starts in East St. Louis and then moves steadily north. By the time it gets to Springfield, home of Abraham Lincoln, about 90 miles away, it takes a sharp turn to the east, reaching Decatur and finally Champaign, itself ...
Eileen Cunningham is a mother of four and grandmother of three with another on the way. The wife of “Goose” Cunningham — when you are from Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, everyone has a nickname — possesses the unique quality of bringing people together to form communities. How? The natural ...
Trump’s announcement and executive order to ensure that the U.S. dominates the artificial intelligence revolution was a welcome America First policy directive. That mostly means keeping the government out of the way. But an equally vital industry for our economic and national security ...
August is usually downtime in Washington. Congress is in recess, the heat and humidity contribute to the desire to escape town for cooler weather, the president is normally somewhere else and cable news is focused on shark attacks. Not this August. Cable news, especially, along with some ...
Happy 64th birthday (Aug. 4) to the 44th president, Barack Obama. Effortlessly cool, the first Black president proved a soaring speaker up there with John F. Kennedy, and the bringer of the Affordable Care Act. Also on the record: Obama never played hard against Donald Trump, Mitch ...