In the Bible, the word "shibboleth" was used by the Gileadites to separate friend from foe. Those who pronounced it correctly were accepted as friends and allowed to cross the Jordan River. An Ephraimite who did not was identified as an enemy and put to death. Here's how the King James Bible ...
The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami — can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit? — seems to beg the question. How could anyone sue an entity he controls and derive a benefit from ...
An early period of World War II was known as "the phony war." What we may be witnessing now in the U.S.-Iran war is the end of a "phony peace." The nearly five-month-long conflict has featured a couple of sham ceasefires, each marked by supposed Iranian pledges to reopen the Strait of ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your column every day. I haven't seen any information on chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are many articles on the internet about this subject, telling us how to combat it with easy, at-home remedies. Most articles discuss how to cleanse your nephron filters with ...
After what we have experienced recently I assure you America will never again hire anyone who would serve as president into their 80s. No blame can go to the founders of our nation who did not feel that it was necessary to put an age limit on the presidency. And then we had the "Joe Biden and ...
America spends an extraordinary amount of time debating the top 1% — the billionaires, corporate CEOs and hedge fund managers — and the widening gap between the rich and everyone else. It is an important conversation in a nation that prizes both opportunity and free enterprise. But there ...
