U.S. and Iranian negotiators have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire extension and nuclear talks. The tentative deal, following weeks of heightened military tensions, though awaits final approval from President Trump.
Whether you hate them or love them, there is no denying the enduring popularity of Hallmark-style Christmas movies. No other genre is able to pull off such similar plots, oddly specific festivals, and character tropes quite like the romantic holiday specials that inundate our screens every winter. Their appeal is not realism or plausibility but […]
As Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, there is no joy among the ancient Christian community of Syria. There have been Christians there longer than anywhere. Antioch, located just across the Turkish border from northwest Syria, is where the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians. How much longer Syria’s Christian community can survive, after […]
Fifteen years ago, while living in rural Cambodia, I developed a new appreciation for washing machines and dryers. My house was unique in that we owned a washer, but I often watched local women use washing boards to clean their clothing. We didn’t own a dryer, and I would wait to do laundry if I […]
In the timeless children’s book, the Grinch develops and executes a nefarious scheme to steal all of the Christmas gifts and decorations in the neighboring town of Whoville. Much like the Grinch, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has teamed up with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien to steal Christmas right before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the […]
We live in a generation filled with Ebenezer Scrooges, the leading character of Charles Dickens’s classic, A Christmas Carol. People usually hurl comparisons to Scrooge against those holding a disposition toward greed and stinginess. Ebenezer, before his reformation, thought only of money, whether that be how to earn it more or to save it better. […]
What facts are important to report in a news story about President Joe Biden commuting death sentences for 37 murderers to life imprisonment? The Associated Press’s answer is that the story must point out that during President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, executions “may have happened fast enough to have contributed to the spread of coronavirus […]
Republican fiscal hawks have every justification to be concerned about the federal government’s finances. Both the federal budget deficit and total federal debt held by the public are at all-time highs. For the first time ever, the federal government is spending more on interest payments to service its debt than it spends on national security. […]
