Written by Far be it from me to shame and goad you for how you invest your time, even if I do that explicitly, over and over, in today’s incomparable strip. You only have so much time crawling the rough skin of the Earth – if you want to invest that time contemplating the human bottom, you […]
Far be it from me to shame and goad you for how you invest your time, even if I do that explicitly, over and over, in today’s incomparable strip. You only have so much time crawling the rough skin of the Earth – if you want to invest that time contemplating the human bottom, you […]
The Alberta government says it’s creating an advisory panel to inform the province’s approach to handling homelessness. The panel is to be co-chaired by United Conservative Party legislature member Justin Wright and Robin James, chief administrator of the Lethbridge Housing Authority. Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon says the panel is to assess government actions and […]
Ex-Rep. John M. Spratt Jr., the former House Budget Committee chairman who was defeated for reelection after his role in enacting the 2010 health care law, died Saturday at the age of 82. The South Carolina Democrat died from complications from Parkinson’s disease, which he had been battling for a decade, according to a Facebook […]
Her Cosmopolitan-sipping, Manolo-wearing, wise-cracking Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City was a generation-defining star turn. Now Sarah Jessica Parker has an unexpectedly cerebral new role, as a judge on next year’s Booker Prize. Parker said it was “the thrill of a life” and “a golden ticket” to be appointed to the 2025 panel, which […]
The House Republican Steering Committee on Thursday recommended Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg to lead the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the next Congress. A former pastor who has a background in Christian education and has served on the committee for 16 years, Walberg prevailed over Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, a former NFL player […]
Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates in the United States are denouncing the selection of Republican Congressman Brian Mast to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mast, a pro-Israel hawk known for his incendiary remarks about Palestinians, was nominated on Monday by fellow Republicans to be the chair of the influential panel in the incoming […]
The House Republican Steering Committee on Monday in a surprise vote recommended Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, an Army veteran known for his sharp tongue and grievance politics, to be the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the office of Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed. Mast, a Ukraine aid opponent, has had sharp disagreements […]
WASHINGTON — Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements on Thursday to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year. Rowe testified before the bipartisan congressional task force investigating the two separate attempts on the now president-elect’s life. The hearing wrapped up the […]
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers railed against what they called “woke” curriculum in schools during a Wednesday hearing in a U.S. House education panel, the latest example of culture wars rocking public education policy. The hearing brought “critical race theory” to the forefront. The academic framework focuses on the social construction of race and has drawn strong […]