President Trump has invoked executive privilege to stymie congressional investigators. Another president, Richard Nixon,…
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Electric utilities have a right to make money on their government-granted monopolies, but customers also have a right to…
Some Islamic nations, including Brunei, have harsh punishments under Sharia. In pre-modern times, Sharia was rarely used…
The 'thin green line' of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won…
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How can a community decide the direction it should go, if its members cannot even agree on where they are? Two political…
While the Treasury secretary says House Democrats lack a 'legitimate' reason for demanding Trump's tax returns,…
Trump's embrace of bilateralism in trade relations has pernicious long-term consequences, including ratcheting up the…
A new report shows that coral reefs reduce damage from floods across the United States and its trust territories by more…
North Korea is a major military threat to the US and its Asian allies, but exactly how powerful are its nuclear weapons?…
How willing are people to accept medical care from a robot or an automated system? It depends on the procedure – and the…
Humans have natural cycles for when they are active and for when they sleep. Modern work and school schedules interfere…
Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam – acts that denote the obligations of living a good Muslim life.
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Since the Great Recession, most of the nation's rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their…
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