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“In this present crisis,” President Ronald Reagan said in 1981, “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” That message resounded so strongly during the truly impressive economy under Reagan that even Democrat Bill Clinton conceded in 1996 that “the era of big government is over.” For the rest of Clinton’s time in office — with a big debt owed to Newt Gingrich and the Republican Congress — government didn’t grow very much as the 20th century ...

Chuks Okocha in Abuja Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have met with a former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), on the state of the nation. The party chiefs are also billed to meet former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, as well as a former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. The party had last week said it would commence consultations with critical stakeholders across the six geo-political zones...

Date Time Are renters – and U.S. economy – hurtling toward an ‘eviction cliff’? More than a year after COVID-19 lockdowns were imposed, millions of U.S. renters have lost income and are billions of dollars behind in paying rent. When federal and state moritoria expire in the weeks ahead, UC Berkeley experts say, the nation may see a surge in evictions – and an unprecedented housing disaster. (Photo by David Mark via Pixabay) Schools and businesses are reopening, diners are returning t...

Life Outdoors: Four hundredth column David Mark My first column was submitted Nov. 2, 2009, published in the Beacon-Villager on Nov. 12, 2009. As of May 2021, the count is 400 columns. That’s not including some 40 somewhat revised repeats. The running total is roughly 300,000 words and 350 photographs. The first four columns, all published in 2009, were titled "Stone Walls, Winter Bicycling, A River Runs Through it" and "Robins in Winter." Those were what had been submitted as examples for a ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (CN) — Twisted up in a modern-day Gordian knot, several justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court worried Wednesday that they could open the door for lawsuits involving lesbians, fat men or cordoned-off pools if they OK women-only sections at gyms. In the underlying case, two gyms run by Edge Fitness set aside special workout areas only for women, catering primarily to devout Muslim and Jewish women who are forbidden by their religious beliefs to exercise with men. Nobody com...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 4 May 2021 Between 1999 and 2007 (eight years), five Senate presidents emerged from the five South-East states: one from each of the states. It is a point used to ridicule the South-East geopolitical zone as incapable of working as one. But those who make that argument miss the underlying point in that scenario. Between 2007 and 2019, a period of 12 years, one person from the South-East, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was the Deputy Senate President. The South-East ...

A 911 call from a woman who said human smugglers were demanding $6,000 on top of $11,000 she had already paid them to bring her brother from Honduras led to the discovery of 97 immigrants locked in a Houston home. Houston, Texas. (Image by David Mark from Pixabay via Courthouse News) HOUSTON (CN) — Five people have been arrested on federal human smuggling charges after authorities found 97 undocumented immigrants locked in two bedrooms of a Houston home Friday. Francis Martinez of Dallas call...

Life Outdoors: Dandelions David Mark Many related plant species are referred to as “dandelions,” but the one we are concerned about owns the Linnean species name “Taraxacum officinale.” “Taraxacum” encompasses a large genus of plants collectively known as dandelions. “Officinale” is a Medieval Latin term used to describe plants that had/have a traditional medicinal use. What we think of as the common dandelion was brought to North America by the emigrating English Puritans becau...

The Indiana State Capitol in downtown Indianapolis. (Image by David Mark from Pixabay via Courthouse News) INDIANAPOLIS (CN) — Indiana’s Republican governor is asking a state judge to find provisions in a new law unconstitutional because they grant the Legislature emergency powers that are reserved for the executive branch. Governor Eric Holcomb’s lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Marion County Circuit Court and asks a judge to block House Enrolled Act 1123, claiming it usurps the power grante...

Vanguard News 2023: Igbo don’t need special unity to produce president; Ohuabunwa, Amucheazi On •Equity, justice require next president should come from S/East •Emergence of Igbo president dependent on kingmakers —Chief Onyike •Ebubeagu, Igbo presidency will fail ——Prof Okolie By Vincent Ujumadu; Chidi Nkwopara; Dennis Agbo;  By Peter Okutu; Steve Oko &  Ikechukwu Odu When criminal Fulani herdsmen were Kaduna terrorizing the country, kidnapping for ransom, killing and destroyin...