When George Orwell published Animal Farm, his biting critique of the Russian Revolution and the totalitarian communist regime that followed, in 1945, the novel was denounced as anti-communist propaganda and immediately banned in the Soviet Union. Director Andy Serkis, who appears to share at least some of the Soviets’ aversion to political mockery and rebuke […]
For generations of American families, railroading has been more than a job; it has been a way of life. Parents passed down careers to their children. Communities grew around rail hubs. Entire family trees were built on the promise that hard work on the railroad could create opportunity and stability for the next generation. That […]
The deaths from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship have set off an international scramble over the past month to trace hundreds of passengers. But the question we should be asking is not whether the hantavirus outbreak becomes the next pandemic. It is whether hospitals could be better prepared than they were in 2020 […]
A federal judge on Friday dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump, launched after she threatened to sue the author for defamation. “There are many features of this case that make it complicated: the prominence of the personalities involved, the scandalizing content of the underlying statements, and, frankly, an inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship,” U.S. District Judge Mary Kay...
The Trump administration updated its travel restrictions amid the Ebola outbreak to temporarily include the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan in the past 21 days. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the Centers for Disease Control and...
It’s in the interest of Poland, Europe and the United States to permanently station as many American troops in Poland as possible to provide a credible deterrent against Russian aggression in this neighborhood.