These stories pop up every few months: A woman was “mortified” that a flight attendant told her to cover up. “Flight staff threatened to kick a woman off a plane for wearing an ‘inappropriate’ crop-top, leaving her shaken and upset.” “A woman claims she was told to change her shoulderless corset on a flight as […]
Social media and smartphones are bad for children. Recent congressional hearings highlighted the worst possible cases, including heart-wrenching stories of children being driven to suicide by online bullying. The lingering question from the hearings is whether federal legislation is the right fix to this plague. What’s not up for debate: It is a plague. Smartphones […]
Is 2024’s presidential battleground bigger than we think? So focused on the past, we have been overlooking the present’s obvious. Former President Donald Trump’s polling numbers indicate his support is not just deeper but regionally broader than expected. If this is true, it has major November implications. The 2016 and 2020 elections pivoted on five […]
Tucker Carlson is going where few journalists have gone before: to interview Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, former Fox News top host Tucker Carlson confirmed that he is in Moscow, Russia, to interview its president, Vladimir Putin. He criticized Western journalists for pedaling “pep sessions” to rally support for more money for Ukraine despite English speakers […]
The very first songs I ever bought on the Apple iTunes store for my second-generation iPod Nano were Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” and “American Soldier.” The two songs have always held a special place in my heart for most of my life. When I made that purchase with an iTunes […]
“Hey, we’re allowed to be angry.” That was Toby Keith’s point in his 2002 “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.” Keith, who died Feb. 5, lost his father in 2001, a few months before 9/11. The elder Keith had lost his eye at war and taught his children to love America. His father’s sacrifice […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with reporters on Wednesday following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It's the top U.S. diplomat's fifth Middle East visit since the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7 triggered a war. Blinken has reiterated the longstanding U.S. support for a two-state solution between Israel and...