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Trump’s corruption could be his undoing

Did you catch the story about Trump trying to raid the Treasury to the tune of $10 billion? It's the latest in a string of grasping, grubby assaults on public integrity that have marked the Trump regime. This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history; it is among the most ...

The Comey indictment and free speech

In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its scope. The Supreme Court employed a particularly narrow approach during much of the last century, through two world wars and then the Red Scare in the 1950s. Thankfully, ...

Election losses spur calls for Britain’s PM to resign

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after devastating local election results for his Labour Party spurred dozens of lawmakers to call for his resignation. Starmer plans to use a speech today to argue that he can change tack and revive his government's ...

Almanac for May 11, 2026

Today is Monday, May 11, the 131st day of 2026. There are 234 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1997, the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the final game of a six-game match in New York, winning 3 ½-2 ½ and marking the first time a computer won a match against a reigning world champion. Also on this date: In 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs. In 1946, the first CARE packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide relief to the ...

Roots of love: A mother’s legacy

In previous articles, I have covered multiple topics, ranging from self-help/self-awareness, travel, children, patriotism and family. Today will be focused on family, essentially my mom, as Mother’s Day is Sunday. For my family, this true story began decades ago. When my mother was a small ...

FDA has spoken on the abortion pill. Case closed.

The Supreme Court has just restored a woman's ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now. A lower court had tried to tighten that easy access by requiring patients to consult with a licensed clinician in person before acquiring the ...