The 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is upon us. Several thousand innocent civilian victims were murdered in three separate events in three locations. Those who remember that day won’t ever forget it. The al Qaeda Muslim faction, which organized and carried it out, is now largely gone — dead or incarcerated. The details […]
A few hours after watching the second plane hit the towers on Sept. 11, 2001, I stumbled into my college English class, where my professor asked us to jot down our thoughts and feelings. On a scrap of paper, I described my fear that my brother or father, a Marine, would be in harm’s way […]
In 1994, Jeff Bezos started Amazon as a small online bookstore. The idea was simple. He used digital logistics to give more people access to books. Three decades later, his company runs a quiet warehouse in Las Vegas. There, industrial machines slice the bindings off rare books. Workers feed the loose pages into scanners and […]
Ever wonder why so many people love to get drunk on New Year’s Eve? It’s not a new custom. In fact, the explanation goes all the way back to ancient Rome. The Romans, so precise about grammar, were equally organized with their calendar. They had precisely 12 months with precisely 30 days each, which left […]
STOYSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Not far from the entrance to the Flight 93 National Memorial, a quiet stretch of hillside rises gently along the Lincoln Highway. If you drive by too quickly, you might miss it entirely. Yet, this plot of Pennsylvania farmland has transformed into a living sanctuary. It honors not only the souls lost […]
Trump's Clarity Act faces a critical 60-vote test as Democrats demand crypto ethics rules tied to the President's $1.4 billion digital currency earnings.
