Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) snapped back at an imperious attack by President Donald Trump yesterday, angrily reminding him that “America doesn’t have kings.”
Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman declared President Trump’s executive orders the hydroxychloroquine of economic policy. In a tweet (see above) and an interview with CNN, Krugman so […]
Geraldine Ferraro with Walter Mondale as he announced that he had chosen her as his vice presidential running mate in 1984. Credit…Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
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President Donald Trump signed four executive actions that included deferring payroll taxes that provide funding for both Social Security and Medicare. While Trump characterized the […]
New York state schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday, citing success in battling the coronavirus […]
Jerry Falwell Jr., president and chancellor of Liberty University, is taking an “indefinite leave absence from his roles” at the school, the University’s Board of Trustees annou […]
If you are still looking for some fun summer reading, I would recommend For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed History by Sarah Rose. […]
I was without power for a little more than two days after Isaias finished its work here in the New York City Metropolitan area. More than two million households were left without […]
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, ending World War II. The video above shows the Japanese commemorating the day. We all join them in h […]
The Online Learning Consortium will be offering a free webinar for parents of young adults who will be learning online this coming semester. Below is the description of the […]
A new course-sharing initiative from the Big Ten Academic Alliance is aimed at offering students more educational opportunities during the pandemic. Beginning this fa […]
I just finished reading Mary Trump’s memoir, Too Much and Never Enough, about her dysfunctional family. It is a short book that one can easily get through during one rainy w […]
The Trump administration is taking steps to give telehealth a broader role under Medicare, with an executive order that serves as a call for Congress to make doctor visits via […]
Lord & Taylor, the department store company that traces its roots to 1826, yesterday became the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy protection as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates […]
New York Times columnist, Frank Bruni, examines Minerva, an online college, and asks is this the future of higher education. He interviews a recent graduate who praises her e […]
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd compares Donald Trump to Macbeth this morning in a column entitled, “Double, Double, Trump’s Toil, Our Trouble.” Here is an excerpt. The entire […]