After months of delays caused by creative disputes between Taylor Sheridan and series star Kevin Costner, Yellowstone’s beleaguered final season finally came to a close last week. Good riddance. What began as a gripping Western action-drama following John Dutton (Costner), a patriarchal cattle baron defending his sprawling Montana ranch from threats as varied as real estate […]
The growing frustration people feel about their healthcare costs and coverage was put in sharp focus by the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson over two weeks ago. That people across social media appear to be celebrating the brazen killing of a man who ran a health insurer underscores the fact that many people have little idea what […]
The holiday season brings families together. Unfortunately, these times are the exception rather than the rule. Most older people live miles from loved ones, which means they often need to find other kinds of assistance if they want to age at home. That can be a real challenge, and unsurprisingly it’s one that’s getting increased […]
Mad magazine. Marvel Comics. Steven Spielberg. Philip Glass. Rolling Stone. Annie Leibovitz. Saul Bellow. Superman. Bob Dylan. These are all Jewish people or institutions. Taken together, and there are a lot more examples, it’s clear that Jewish people have had a titanic influence on American culture. This is something that should be more celebrated in America […]
Australia has agreed to extradite a former Marines pilot who the U.S. has accused of training Chinese pilots more than a decade ago. Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus confirmed in a statement on Monday that the U.S. ally would extradite Daniel Duggan following a more than two-year battle by the former Marine and his family....
Remembering that history makes the peaceful transfer of power that Biden is promising seems less a rote exercise than a commitment that must be revived after every election and celebrated whenever it occurs.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) openly floated the idea of running for Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) Senate seat during a Turning Point USA event Sunday in Arizona. “Many have asked which perch I will be fighting from next, and some of you throughout this conference have even given me a few suggestions,” Gaetz said at...
President Biden gave commutations of sentences to 37 people on federal death row Monday. Those who received the commutations of their sentences saw them go from execution to life with no possibility of parole. However, three “hard cases” were not among the commutations. Biden, while announcing the commutations, said he is “more convinced than ever...
The House Ethics Committee on Monday released its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, among other violations. Gaetz, who has denied any wrongdoing, had moved earlier in the day to block the release of the report through a lawsuit, arguing that the committee...
President Biden spurred criticism and praise on Monday with his decision to commute all but three prisoners currently on federal death row. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the move "politically convenient," since Biden left three of the most infamous criminals off the list: Robert D. Bowers, the Tree of Life Synagogue shooter; Dylann Roof, who...