Days after seeking to appease the Hamas-sympathizer wing of the Democratic Party with promises of a pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, President Joe Biden stepped up his two-faced rhetoric against Israel, saying an attack on the city of Rafah would be a “red line” that the Israel Defense Forces must not cross. Senate […]
CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania — Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the 1870s, when it came under the umbrella of the Knights of Labor. By July of 1890, it had formed its own stand-alone union, […]
The ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft announced last week that they are pulling up stakes in the Twin Cities because of a new ordinance designed to raise driver pay. The Minneapolis City Council voted 10–3 to override the veto of Mayor Jacob Frey, passing a policy that will raise the pay of drivers to the […]
This article’s header photo shows the flag-raising ceremony after the 1944 recapture of Guam. It also shows a Marine, Pfc. Ernest Kernen, who was killed in the preceding battle. Guam played an important role in providing a staging base for naval, amphibious, and air operations against Japan. Eighty years later, as China ramps up its […]
Conservative commentator and bestselling author Ben Shapiro drew the ire of both sides of the political aisle last week when he correctly pointed out that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme that is careening toward insolvency. Pundits both on the Left and the Right who have made the decision to avoid the ultimate third rail of America’s […]
