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Greg Abbott
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement issued yesterday.

“Governor Greg Abbott today tested positive for the COVID-19 v […]

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President Biden addressed the nation (see video above) last night and stood by his decision to pull American troops out of Afghanistan.  I saw his address and he had no r […]

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CNN’s Chris Cillizza had an op-ed entitled, The Titanic Hubris of Lindsey Graham, who thinks that he alone can fix Trump and make him a unifying figure for the Republican Party.  He […]

Ashraf Ghani
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Afghanistan’s embattled President Ashraf Ghani  left the country yesterday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban an […]

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Last evening while on our lake enjoying wine and yogurt, Elaine and I were treated to a “Belt of Venus” sunset.  It completely surrounded the lake 360 degrees. If you are not […]

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A Georgia county has shut down all 11 of its public schools just over a week after classes began, amid a “sharp increase” in student coronavirus cases.

Schools in Ware County in […]

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The Associated Press has an article this morning describing the rising toll that COVID-19 is now taking on younger people especially those under the age of 65. Here is an […]

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The New York Times has a featured article this morning entitled, Behind the Surprising Jump in Multiracial Americans, describing how  families across the country have grown m […]

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As the House select committee begins investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, one key line of inquiry will be the role […]

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Arizona’s three public universities announced on Wednesday that they would be instituting face-mask requirements in certain settings, possibly defying legislation that prohibits u […]

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Figures released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau offered the most detailed portrait yet of how the country has changed since 2010 and will also be instrumental in redrawing the […]

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett refused yesterday to block Indiana University’s requirement that most students on campus this fall be vaccinated against CO […]

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More than three decades after the movie “Field of Dreams” seeped into the country’s cultural consciousness, one of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history finally […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom
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California has become the first state to require all public school teachers and staff  be vaccinated before returning to their positions or submit to weekly testing […]

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Governor Greg Abbott appealed for out-of-state help to fight the third wave of COVID-19 in Texas while two more of the state’s largest school districts announced mask mandates in […]

Kathy Hochul
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Following New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation yesterday, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, will become the state’s first female governor.

Hochul, a Buffalo nativ […]

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A few hours ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced  he will resign after a report from the state’s attorney general documented multiple accusations of sexual harassment aga […]

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Fox News commentator, Juan Williams, has a guest essay in The Hill that calls Donald Trump’s Republican Party, a giant scam.   Williams comments that “Trump raised a whopping $82 m […]

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The United Nations issued a 3,000-plus-page report yesterday from 234 scientists that provides  dire predictions for the climate change that is occurring on our planet. Earth is ge […]

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Fox News host Bret Baier confronted Senator Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, after he objected to supporting legislation raising the national debt further—pointing out that GOP la […]