Ukrainian drones damaged the St. Petersburg oil terminal and warships docked at the city’s Kronstadt naval base on Wednesday. The attacks came just as international delegates were arriving for Russia’s flagship annual economic gathering, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Black smoke rose above the city as oil facilities blazed. These strikes on Vladimir Putin’s […]
California’s primary elections were on Tuesday, yet we will not truly know the results for several weeks, because California’s incompetence in every area of governance extends to elections. As of 9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 13 hours after polls closed Tuesday night, California has counted about 58% of the total votes cast. For comparison, in that same time […]
Back in 1985, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev allegedly told French President Francois Mitterrand in a private conversation that the USSR was a “third-world country with nuclear weapons.” Not much has changed in Russia proper, including the presence of Western dupes cheering on the flailing autocrats. While in Russia to speak at the St Petersburg Economic […]
As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, and massive global changes hang in the balance, Pope Leo XIV recently declared that humans must maintain control of this incredibly powerful technology, lest we lose our humanity. Pope Leo’s recent document, Magnifica Humanitas, has sparked worldwide debate by warning humanity about the dangers of AI. His concerns are thoughtful, […]
The 14th Amendment’s due process clause says no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. It’s a procedural guarantee — it governs how the government takes something from you, not which rights you hold. That sentence, read in full, leaves no room for the doctrine that courts […]
Given a choice, most of us would probably choose to die at home, in the company of loved ones, rather than end our lives in a sterile, modern hospital or other institutional facility. The federal crackdown on healthcare fraud, which is necessary and well-intentioned, has eliminated the option. Under new rules imposed by the Centers […]
The states have serious pharmacy access problems, and it’s about to get worse. State lawmakers seeking to address real healthcare concerns are pursuing policies that risk making it even harder for everyday Americans to access care at their local pharmacy. Nearly 57 million Americans live in a pharmacy desert, generally defined as a high-poverty area […]
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin recently announced his plan to encourage what is known as advanced recycling, a technology that opens the door to what could become a major expansion in plastic recycling. Advanced recycling is an umbrella term for technologies that break down used plastics into their molecular building blocks so they can […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. June 3, 1776 In Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress finalizes […]
