Politics
Cover-up of Biden's cognitive, physical ills adds to long tradition of presidential medical secrets
Many U.S. presidents have concealed significant medical problems from the public, but the practice is now under heightened scrutiny in the wake of former President Joseph R. Biden's cancer...
The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it
One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and...
Why the Media Keep Getting It Wrong
The failure to adequately cover Biden’s decline points to a broader breakdown that has a simple explanation. Source link
Is Catholicism ‘Cool’ Now?
It isn’t just the ritual and the pageantry and the history that are bringing in the crowds. Source link
Big Government and Lobbyists Are Crushing the Dream of Home Ownership
If we don’t address the problem, the home-buying hopes of the next generation will be crushed. Source link
The Upside of Gerontocracy
There are advantages older figures can bring to politics — even if the current generation has ruined the reputation of elder statesmen. Source link
Sympathy for the Unpublished Young White Male Author
Are people allowed to observe that the literary world is deliberately sidelining a certain demographic of writer — and to do something about it? Source link
The Biden Family Shares the Responsibility for Biden’s Fraud
Hunter and Jill Biden clearly both love Joe Biden, but they also manifestly love themselves, their comforts, and their myth of an indomitable Biden family. Source link
Biden makes first public appearance since cancer announcement
Former President Biden made his first public appearance since announcing last week that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, attending his grandson's high school graduation in Connecticut. Source...
Trump administration official meets with Syrian president as U.S. eases sanctions
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, met Saturday with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharra one day after the Trump administration officially began dismantling sanctions on the war-torn Middle...
