Well, Peter Newsham is on his way out the door as chief of the D.C. police. He plans to leave after Inauguration Day events. His departure is not the end of the world, but it does beg a pertinent question: What, precisely, is the role of a police chief?
Ali Smith's "Summer," the final novel of her seasonal quartet, is a remarkable book, rich in word-play and language, witty puns and deep concern for the catastrophes facing humanity today.
Climate change has been a crucial issue for years now, and, after four years of President Trump's inaction, both sides of the political aisle expect big moves from Joe Biden on the topic.
In April of this year, Mississippi's unemployment rate reached an all-time historic high of 15.4% -- with more than 186,000 people out of work.
We're rather familiar with "the Squad," but what about "the Quint" and "the Quad?" For now, the latter two are more likely than the former to have importance to a potential Biden administration.
Happy Thanksgiving. It may sound odd, but I am extra thankful this year. While dealing with the global pandemic, I have become more attentive to my faith, my family, my friends and my freedoms.
They're the Rolling Stones without the roadies. Or the great music. Or any music, actually. The Strolling Bones reunion tour.
Dr. Anthony Fauci may be pressing for "as many people as possible" to get vaccinated -- Bill Gates may be on a "quest to vaccinate the world," as The New York Times put it in a headline. But American citizens should know: The side effects from the coming COVID-19 vaccines are proving pretty freaking substantial.
The first Thanksgiving on American soil may well have occurred in May 1541 near Canyon, Texas, where Father Juan de Padilla said Mass for an army of 1,500 accompanying Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
I have loved song lyrics since briefly flirting in my teens and early 20s with a career in musical comedy, settling instead for journalism after a sobering assessment of my talents.
President Trump and his legal team are exposing a massive electoral fraud in Democrat-controlled cities in swing states. This looks like 1960 all over again, when Chicago Mayor Richard Daley stole the presidential election for John Kennedy.
Everyday people make big financial decisions. Decisions to buy a car, a house, a college degree. Buying a car often requires an auto loan. If an individual takes an auto loan, he is expected to repay it.
What if the government's true goal is to perpetuate its own power? What if the real levers of governmental power are pulled by agents and diplomats and by bureaucrats and central bankers behind the scenes?
The race for a vaccine will continue at "warp speed" -- but it's not an individual sprint, it's a relay race.
I am not one of the people who thinks that lawsuits and recounts will change the outcome of the presidential election, but I believe that a serious and immediate Justice Department investigation of the mail-in ballot approach is needed.
Donald Trump is nearing a crossroads. Those who allege that he has endangered the tradition of smooth presidential transitions by not conceding immediately after the media declared him the loser suffer amnesia.
The practice of democracy in our constitutional republic flourishes in the presence of contradictions.
We've all endured levels of insanity from our government since the coronavirus arrived from China. It is during a crisis when we find out what we're made of as individuals, and we certainly find out what our government is capable of.
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