A famous saying advises, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” However, in many cases, truth is nearly identical to fiction. Such is the case with the revelation of the attempted bribe of Arizona political candidate Kari Lake. It was a scene reminiscent of the classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the iconic 1939 Frank Capra film […]
We live in a world of plastics. They have revolutionized medicine with life-saving devices, made space travel possible, lightened cars and planes (conserving fuel and lowering air pollution), and made all manner of consumer goods cheaper. However, their convenience and low cost have spawned a throw-away culture that has a dark side: Single-use plastics currently […]
The idea that the government could forcibly seize ownership of a groundbreaking invention you created is chilling. But that is the prospect the Biden administration seeks to invoke against American innovators in the pharmaceutical space — the driving force behind two-thirds of global drug discoveries. President Joe Biden’s misguided proposal not only jeopardizes the incentive […]
“It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man,” Clint Eastwood’s character said in the 1992 Western Unforgiven. “You take away everything he’s got and everything he’s ever gonna have.” The statement, made with cold indifference by a hardened killer, underscores the stakes in putting someone to death. Those stakes are not only born by […]
This week, I lodged a complaint with a public high school in Fairfax County that one of its teachers holds biases against white male students following an incident concerning what I believe to have been grading inequities. The principal tasked an administrator to investigate my accusation that the teacher has referred to a “privileged white […]
For all their slick videos on social media, the Houthi slogan makes their real motives clear: “God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse Upon the Jews, Victory to Islam.”
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top United Nations judicial body, on Friday ruled that Israel must contain the civilian death toll in Gaza but did not issue an order demanding a cease-fire in the besieged strip. The preliminary ruling comes after a plea from South Africa to order a cease-fire in Gaza and...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after congressional Republicans in an interview that aired Thursday, calling them "pathetically weak" for yielding to former President Trump on the border. “Mitch McConnell, I thought that was shameful, what was reported out,” Newsom told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner, referring to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “That he’s just...
Until Mexico figures out how to improve highway security and reduce the risk of violent cargo truck hijackings, it isn’t likely to reach its full potential.