Mississippi leads the nation. That's not a typographical error. And it's not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things.
Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it still is. Mississippi has the lowest ...
What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to the British since 1215 and to Americans since 1789? What if this encompasses the right of every person who is confined by the government against his or her will to compel the jailer to justify the confinement before a neutral judge?
What ...
Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, "Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!"
Reborn because of his tariffs, which he called, "the most beautiful word in the dictionary."
This is just wrong.
The first time he was president, Trump raised tariffs on steel. ...
I don't know if you've heard already, but there's a new pope in town.
Not only is he American — the first U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church — but he's also from Chicago, which is close enough to where I live to have sent a thrill of victory through me when I heard the ...
If you are a graduate of Yale University, you can vote every spring for a member of the Yale Corporation, which selects the school's president. However, you can only participate if you vote for one of the two candidates nominated by the Alumni Fellow Nominating Committee, a group of university ...
Each spring, as tassels are turned and degrees are conferred, college graduates across the country celebrate the culmination of years of study, sacrifice and — inevitably for many — debt. Against this backdrop, the idea of student loan forgiveness is touted by many as a compassionate and ...