That’s the subtitle of my most recent Confirmation Tales post, which presents the many parallels between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama when it comes...
Late-night host Stephen Colbert openly defied his own network Monday evening, revealing that CBS lawyers barred him from interviewing Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico due to concerns over new federal communications guidance.
Anderson Cooper, who has reported for CBS' "60 Minutes" for the past two decades in addition to hosting a weeknight news program on CNN, said Monday that he's leaving the CBS broadcast to spend more time with his family.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has sounded the alarm once more. The CBO reminds us that the current bipartisan consensus of enacting zero reform to Social Security means that the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund program is projected to hit insolvency at the start of fiscal 2032, or in fewer than four years from […]
The United States trade representative is set to release its 2025 Notorious Markets List, an annual report highlighting marketplaces linked to large-scale copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. While the list is a key enforcement tool, it has long omitted major Chinese online platforms. In an investigation, I purchased 51 products from Temu, AliExpress, and SHEIN […]
OAKMONT, Pa. — Forty years ago, Marc Serrao started making paczki. Serrao had just started his modest bakery in the suburban Pittsburgh river town when he decided to try his hand at the doughy confection, pronounced poonch-kee, which is filled with rich white sweet creams or candied jam fruits and traditionally made by Polish bakeries on Shrove, or Fat Tuesday. […]
Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Seth Joyner once made a living decimating opponents on the gridiron. Last week, nearly 30 years after his last snap in the NFL, Joyner once again blasted an opponent with reckless abandon. Only this time, it wasn’t an opposing quarterback being sacked by Joyner, it was a Democratic congressman from Philadelphia […]
The U.S. military blew up three alleged drug-trafficking boats, two in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean, on Monday, killing 11 individuals. The U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said the military killed eight male “narco-terrorists” in the eastern Pacific, four in the first boat strike attack and another four in the second vessel. Three...
