Tom H. Hastings: Do you want to live in a dictatorship?
Show of hands: Who wants the US to be a dictatorship? Ah, no one? Well, almost no one. We see your hand, Mr. Trump.
Show of hands: Who wants the US to be a dictatorship? Ah, no one? Well, almost no one. We see your hand, Mr. Trump.

The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world.

Awaiting discharge from a hospital in Cairo, Adel Al Manthari, a Yemeni civilian, faces months of physical therapy and mounting medical bills following three surgeries since 2018, when a U.S. weaponized drone killed four of his cousins and left him mangled, burnt and barely alive, bedridden to this day.

Malaria is a serious problem outside of the United States, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted treatments, prevention and funding.
A new analysis by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) reveals that states with the most restrictive abortion laws have the worst economies for families.

After a record-setting July, Amtrak’s state-supported trains in Virginia reached another record high in August.

Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs voted unanimously to pass the Computers for Veterans and Students Act.

The personal finance website compared 100 of the largest cities in the United States across 17 key indicators of vegan- and vegetarian-friendliness to create its 2022’s Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians.

What does surrender look like in the world of geopolitics? To my mind, this gets pretty close:

At the candidate forum in Winchester on Saturday, Congressman Ben Cline tried to present himself as a champion of reason and bipartisanship.
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