Leaders can unite or divide, whether it be by design or by misstep.     Thanksgiving’s evolution shows how both can happen.   On October 3, 1863, amid profound division and upheaval of the Civil…

President Trump’s lawfare revenge tour has gone bust. A judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department’s cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan wasn’t…

This past week, Canada officially lost its measles elimination status, which it held for nearly 30 years — a shameful consequence of falling childhood vaccination rates. In normal times, Canada’s misfortune might serve as yet…

Oklahoma politicians are in court trying to defend a new law they passed to gut their citizens’ rights to put initiatives on the ballot, which allows the people to take action on matters where the…

Who decided to leave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. home alone at the Health and Human Services Department? Without adults to supervise the Secretary, he’s damaging public trust in immunizations, and now the Centers for Disease…

The news of a data center coming to Iola is garnering backlash, the most specious being that its electric demands will raise utility rates for the rest of us. That’s not the case. Vine Energy…

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to work in Chicago last month when she drove onto a street where an immigration enforcement action was in progress.  As she attempted to drive around the chaos, an…

“First they came for the Jews.” Many Americans remember that line as the beginning of a confession, offered in 1946 by Martin Niemoller and taught to schoolchildren ever since. First they came for the Jews,…

The verdict is still out whether the public will have full access to the Epstein files. That’s because it’s at the discretion of the Justice Department just how much of the federal investigation it will…

The United States government often advances its national interests by working with nasty people, and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is one of the nastiest.  It’s one thing, however regrettable, to deal reluctantly…