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Nov 14 2019
Opinion
Goodwin: Adam Schiff’s dull impeachment hearings are a flop
Is that it? Is that all they’ve got?
Day One of impeachment was not exactly must-see TV. Sure, it was interesting and substantive at times, which would be compliments if this were a graduate school seminar about the lonely lives and confusing experiences of far-flung diplomats.
But this was a congressional hearing to determine whether to file charges against and ultimately remove
Michael GoodwinApr 06 2020
News
Stock markets surge even as the U.S. braces for ‘hardest and saddest’ week
U.S. and global stock markets soared Monday as investors took in overseas progress against the coronavirus, even as Americans have been warned that the coming week will be the “hardest and saddest” of the outbreak as infections near their peak.
South Korea is recording encouragingly low numbers of new cases, and China’s powerful economy is beginning to come back online. But U.S. losses
Washington PostMay 17 2013
News
House GOP Subpoenas Benghazi Review Leader
House Republicans upped the ante in their ongoing investigation of the Benghazi affair, issuing a subpoena to former U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, demanding he appear before a closed-door deposition to answer questions about the independent review he chaired into the State Department's role in last year's terror attacks.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 04 2013
News
Gun Curbs Lose Ground in States
Since Decembers mass school shooting in Connecticut states have passed more measures expanding rather than restricting the right to carry firearms.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 04 2013
News
Gun Curbs Lose Ground in States
Since Decembers mass school shooting in Connecticut states have passed more measures expanding rather than restricting the right to carry firearms.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 02 2015
News
OPINION: The High Court’s Disunited State
Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court ruling against school segregation, was decided in a unanimous vote, 9-0. The court understood that in decisions that mandate significant societal and cultural change, and that will garner significant opposition, the fact of unanimity is in itself a kind of final argument.
Peggy NoonanJan 08 2020
News
Missiles hit Iraq bases housing US troops; Iran claims responsibility
President Trump said he plans to address the country on Wednesday morning after Iran claimed responsibility for the launch of missiles at a pair of military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops and coalition personnel, a marked escalation in the conflict between the two countries following the U.S.'s killing of a top Iranian general.
The Pentagon in a statement said Iran had "launched more
The HillNov 18 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Higher education is awash with hysteria. That might have helped elect Trump.
Many undergraduates, their fawn-like eyes wide with astonishment, are wondering: Why didn’t the dean of students prevent the election from disrupting the serenity to which my school has taught me that I am entitled? Campuses create “safe spaces” where students can shelter from discombobulating thoughts and receive spiritual balm for the trauma of microaggressions. Yet the presidential election
George WillSep 16 2015
News
New Census Data Show that the Middle Class Is Not Recovering Fast Enough
The new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show that America’s middle class is still struggling to fully recover from the Great Recession and more than four decades of unequal growth. Typical household incomes remain far below 1990s highs and, in fact, are close to the level they were in 1989. Meanwhile, middle-class families struggle to keep up with the rising costs of key
Center For American ProgressFeb 24 2020
News
Buttigieg courts South Carolina black voters with his veteran status
Pete Buttigieg, the only veteran in the top tier of candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, is turning to South Carolina’s large military community to help shore up his nagging lack of support among black voters.
The primary on Saturday in the diverse southern state is seen as an important durability test for the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who
Reuters