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<p>The frequency with which the vice presidency has been vacant shows the historical insignificance of the office. </p>

<p>The frequency with which the vice presidency has been vacant shows the historical insignificance of the office. </p>

Senator Dianne Feinstein's reported health and memory issues would be a problem if she were to be in line to succeed Joe Biden, if Kamala and Pelosi are unable.

Being the leader of a country like the United States requires a vast and diverse skill set. Chief among them would arguably be that ever-vaunted talent

<p>Reckoning with the ancestors on my father’s side of the family has been exhausting. I opened that Pandora’s Box and out flew: the colonizers, the slaveholders, the rebel generals, the high-ranking Confederate officials. I’ve mined this family history for truths that challenge the Lost Cause narrative, the pro-Confederate ideology that fuels white supremacy. The long-reaching consequences of that creed empowered the insurrectionists of Jan. 6th, 2021, so thi...

<p>Reckoning with the ancestors on my father’s side of the family has been exhausting. I opened that Pandora’s Box and out flew: the colonizers, the slaveholders, the rebel generals, the high-ranking Confederate officials. I’ve mined this family history for truths that challenge the Lost Cause narrative, the pro-Confederate ideology that fuels white supremacy. The long-reaching consequences of that creed empowered the insurrectionists of Jan. 6th, 2021, so thi...

I speak of course of The Jeffersonian Tradition, the title of Brion McClanahan’s new book.  As for the American Taliban, I refer to the national Democrat party and its various political flunkies, including most of the university world (essentially think tanks of the radical cultural Marxist Left), the “mainstream media,” all of their kept state and local government political hacks, and the uneducated Stalinist punks who run Google, Facebook, Twitter, ETC.  And, of course, the millions of...

Who is John Galt? “The American people may oppose the nation’s present course, but by themselves the people cannot change it. They may oppose the taxes and the bureaucrats, but these are merely consequences, which cannot be significantly cut back so long as their source is untouched. The people may curse ‘big government’ in general – but to no avail if the pressure groups among them, following the logic of a mixed economy, continue to be fruitful and to multiply. The pe...

Napier City Rovers win nine-goal thriller against North Wellington 3 Apr, 2021 10:20 PM 3 minutes to read Napier City Rovers remain unbeaten in the Central League after beating North Wellington 5-4. Photo / Paul Taylor Napier City Rovers remain unbeaten in the Central League after beating North Wellington 5-4. Photo / Paul Taylor Rovers remain unbeaten after two rounds of the new-look competition after beating North Wellington 5-4 on Friday. The hundreds in attendance in Napie...

Never too late to honor a pioneer Niran Al-Agba, MD, Columnist Last year, on a cold February morning, I sat in my kitchen reading a troubling story.  One of my professional heroes, the first Black female physician in the United States, a woman who overcame remarkable odds in a field dominated by men during the 19th Century, laid in an unmarked grave.  Her fight against sexism, racism, and intolerance over a century ago paved the way for the women physicians of today to follow ...