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Among all our national holidays, July 4th is the most historic, for this is when we mark the birth of our nation and celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago this year.
As the nation awaits the latest updates to the Dietary Guidelines, alcohol industry advocates are repeating claims from a scientific review that informed this government policy statement to suggest that moderate drinking is safe. The science, however, says otherwise.
The holidays this year will arrive in a joyful confluence. The national celebration of Christmas comes, of course, on December 25th. Hanukkah begins when the sun sets on Christmas Day, lasting until sundown on January 2nd. And Kwanzaa starts, as always, on the day after Christmas, continuing through January 1st.
From the 2 million men and women who serve on Active Duty or in the Reserves of our Armed Forces to the thousands upon thousands of volunteers across our nation who give of their time to help those in need, there are so many of our fellow Americans to whom we owe thanks.
As we honor Veterans Day 2024, let us remember that we Americans have marked this day — which now honors all those who have served honorably in the U.S. military, the living and those no longer with us — for 105 years.
Labor Day was always seen as the real beginning of the election season, but with this year's presidential race it seems as if we've been exposed to saturation media coverage and top-of-the-lungs campaigning since, well, forever.
We celebrate this July 4th in the midst of an especially heated presidential election. All the more reason, then, why we should pause to consider the many things that unite us despite all the differences that divide us.
The Supreme Court will need a sharp PR firm to guide it through the constitutional crisis triggered by its presidential immunity decision.
Our society's “new normal” carries a lot of negative baggage with it, including the normalization of intolerance and cruelty, political violence being deemed "patriotic," exploitative workplace environments, plummeting civility, and justifications for the use of deadly force.
Despite the many differences in our nation during this, an especially divisive election year, let us make Memorial Day an event that draws us together.
President Biden should heed the wisdom of Yogi Berra who said that "it gets late early out there." It's time to go, Joe. Calling Congressman Jim Clyburn... Hiring platform Indeed fires 1,000 staffers because it hired too many people... Sail4th 250 kicks off $30M fundraising drive to bankroll celebrations slated for nation's 250th birthday.
The ridiculously high prices Americans are paying at the supermarket might influence how—or if—they vote in November.
At a moment in history when there are so many conflicts among peoples here and abroad, let us put our differences aside and celebrate this wonderful season in a spirit of togetherness.
The news announcing the death of Henry Kissinger, the last of the prevaricating politicians and so-called statesmen who stole my future and that of thousands of other young Americans, got me thinking about Walter Cronkite.
The world today is full of conflicts, some of them violent and deadly. Fortunately, the United States, while it has taken sides in many cases, is not yet directly engaged in any of the fighting. That is all the more reason to celebrate Thanksgiving 2023 for the blessings that we have and enjoy.
Let us pause on Veterans Day 2023 to reflect on the many millions of men and women who for nearly two and half centuries have answered the call to defend our nation— and who continue to do so now.
To win next November, Team Biden must get out of its comfort zone and begin to think of creative ways to attract voters in those swing states.
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Americans have continued to be the most resourceful, resilient and enterprising people on Earth. It is an achievement which this—and every—Labor Day celebrates.
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