For some time now most of the people in this country have been under economic pressure. Pay is not going up very much or at…
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In years past, especially after the end of World War II, America had a stellar image in the world. Nations and their people looked up…
A photo of Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush smiling in embrace recently surfaced at former first lady Nancy Reagan’s funeral. The image gives light to the intimate relationship between the…
If Baghdad today is a byword for inner-city decay and violence on an unspeakable scale, its foundation 1,250 years ago was a glorious milestone in…
A majority of Americans—54 percent—oppose nuclear energy, a Gallup poll released Friday found. It marks the first time a majority in the country has felt this way…
You probably don't think much of fungi, and especially those that turn bread moldy, but researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on March 17,…
The is so much literature out there about animal protection that a report about rising support for animal protection in the United States escaped my…
The New Year’s Eve release of over 3,000 new Hillary Clinton emails from the State Department has CNN abuzz over gossipy text messages, the “who gets to…
This is not hard to understand. Wages for working class white males peaked in 1968, forty-eight years ago. Coincidentally, I was born 1968. I am not young.…
One often hears of the fact that the US spends more on its military than most other nations combined. This is usually presented as evidence…
Those who fear the effects of radiation always focus on cancer. But the most frightening and serious consequences of radiation are genetic. Cancer is just…
Steven M. Wise is President of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. He holds a J.D. from Boston University Law School and a B.S. in Chemistry…