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LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which is commemorating its 50th anniversary this year. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQ Americans were… Read more.
Joe Biden’s campaign is playing out as billed in every respect. Most notably, he is committing one political gaffe after another. Of course, that is supposed to endear this ordinary Joe to many voters. The problem is that he is also manifesting two of Donald Trump’s many disqualifying traits: Telling bold-faced lies Refusing to apologize,… Read more.
Most commentators hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as a disruptive genius for cyberattacking the 2016 US presidential election. This, because Putin made clear that he did so to get Donald Trump elected – presumably to do his bidding. But I warned that Putin was in for a rude awakening. Case in point is the following… Read more.
The portrait of desperation was captured on Monday by the journalist Julia Le Duc, in the hours after Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez drowned with his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, as they tried to cross from Mexico to the United States. The image represents a poignant distillation of the perilous journey hundreds of thousands of migrants face… Read more.
No doubt you recall Professor Christine Blasey Ford’s congressional testimony. She presented a very credible allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Her testimony should have disqualified him. But the intemperate and incredible way he defended himself proved beyond any reasonable doubt that he was unfit to serve. Despite all that, Kavanaugh… Read more.
I used to admire J.K. Rowling – a lot. Not because I’m a man-child who found her Potter novels spellbinding, mind you. I merely browsed the first one and scrolled through the Harry Potter glossary. No, I admired her because she helped untold millions of kids discover the love of reading. But my admiration waned when… Read more.
Rather makes you nostalgic for The Wonder Years, no? Read more.
President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions. As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike, after intense discussions and debate at the White House among the president’s… Read more.
The U.S. and Iran edged closer to a military confrontation on Thursday as Iranian forces shot down an American reconnaissance drone and President Trump charged that Tehran had made ‘a very big mistake.’ As the hours went by, each side refrained from additional escalatory steps, and Mr. Trump later appeared to defuse the crisis by… Read more.
Juneteenth and reparations for slavery Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It stems from slaves in Galveston, Texas, not being informed of their emancipation until June 19, 1865. That was two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. What about reparations? The US House of Representatives… Read more.
