I drive by a couple of Steak n Shakes regularly and they both look almost empty. Maybe a car or two outside. Then there's this, which I thought...
Maybe Kennedy is right that the agencies will now be able to do a better job with far fewer people. And maybe he's not. I doubt any of us knows....
What we need is a wall, with machine gun towers …. Jacksonville City Council voted Tuesday to make Jacksonville the first city in the United...
Wonder if the next president just tries to put it all back together .... During his first term, Donald Trump accused Voice of America of...
The percentage of Americans who identify themselves as religious, particular Christians, has been declining for decades. The latest survey from...
Well, if it stops the government from creating hurricanes, I guess I'm all for it. A bill to ban "weather modification activities" in Florida...
Trying to raise the level of conversation here just a bit ... so let's cut out the nicknames for politicians in thread titles. We're not talking...
RFK wants to make America healthy again, but an NYT asks the basic question: When were we ever healthy? The experts they talk to say ... no, not...
More stuff seems to be coming out about alcohol being a health risk, and not just over consumption. But given that people have been drinking ever...
Not as significant as the immigration rift under Trump, but it's an interesting issue. Kennedy has come out strongly against weight-loss drugs...
Florida has the highest home insurance rates in the country. Among the proposals being thrown around is eliminating asphalt roofing shingles that...
"They're eating the pets!!!" An ugly, inexcuseable episode among a lot of ugly episodes. Still a little surprised it was named Lie of the Year....
I'm sure periodic pruning and adjustment is needed, but removing 432 of 571 general education courses is one hell of a pruning. I haven't seen...
Quite a step. Can’t imagine it actually working. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/australia/australia-passes-social-media-law-intl-hnk/index.html
Just a few tips from Politifact on keeping things reasonably polite as the holidays spirits are being poured. How to talk politics with civility...
Among the proposals/plans that RFK has thrown out is wanting to remove fluoride from the drinking water. Can't say I know much about it other...
New York Times writer looks at the recent increase in child mortality. It looks the same things that are lowering life expectancy for everyone ......
Well, uh, thinking this has to be an Onion gag. But maybe not. The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars...
Today is Veterans Day, honoring all who served. I looked for a good story, but they all seemed to be about what was open and what was closed ......
Yes, there was reason to bring it up during the campaign, given what Kelly and others were quoted as saying. Unfortunately, and predictably, that...