8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (635+ words) The problem is that the obvious response, calling the bank and filing a complaint, usually stops there. And the case stops with it. The numbers from the last full reporting year are worth pausing on. According to FTC data, consumers…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1252+ words) As the United States marks its 250th anniversary — a testament to endurance, sacrifice, and democratic aspiration — it does so under a dark and foreboding shadow. At this defining moment, the nation finds itself led not by steadiness or vision, but by…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (987+ words) I was 4 years old the summer of the 1976 bicentennial, and because of that, I don’t remember all that much about it. The Statler Brothers July 4 show was still in its early years in 1976. I remember the fireworks. My hazy memories…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (349+ words) The expanded three-day celebration begins Sunday, June 28, with the Happy Birthday America Beauty Pageant. Festivities continue Friday, July 3, with a patriotic kickoff event featuring live music, inspirational speakers, and special performances. The celebration culminates Saturday, July 4, with a full day…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (733+ words) I put the word “anonymous” in quotation marks because, come on, it’s literally one couple in the entire city that is trying to get St. John’s Episcopal Church to close its doors to local people experiencing homelessness. The “anonymous” letter…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (674+ words) Each March, I crawl out of winter, bleary-eyed and disoriented, like someone who’s been held captive in a cave for decades and can’t remember how to navigate the world. I’ve tried to hash out my curiously enduring love of baseball…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1681+ words) “We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of … daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.” — President Donald J. Trump “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (876+ words) Donald Trump claimed a mandate that never existed – he didn’t even get a majority of the votes cast in the 2024 election, and that’s not considering the tens of millions of people who didn’t vote – but anyway, he claimed a mandate....