It cost three thousand two hundred dollars to save my life. That was the number. Not a metaphor, not a figure of speech, just a plain arithmetic fact that sat on my kitchen table in a windowed envelope for eleven days before I finally picked up the telephone and called my son. My name is … Read more
The Seam At the baby shower, my daughter in law dropped the blanket I had spent four months knitting into a trash can and smiled. “We only use designer things here,” she said. I took it back out, folded it carefully, and went home without arguing. That night my son called me from his car, … Read more
My parents threw me out on a Thursday night. Not because I had hurt anyone. Not because I had lied to them or stolen from them or embarrassed them at a dinner party. They threw me out because I refused to sign over the estate my grandparents had left me. The same grandparents who taught … Read more
Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is in the news again, and not in a good way. The longtime investor could face some jail time after allegations that he enriched the family using inside information from his lawmaker wife. Paul Pelosi is suspected of crashing into a parked car and driving … Read more
There are few things more satisfying in American political life than watching Adam Schiff get his facts wrong while trying to browbeat someone into submission — and then getting called out for it in real time, on camera, in front of the entire Senate Judiciary Committee. Wednesday’s attorney general confirmation hearing delivered exactly that. Schiff … Read more
It seems that there is always some sort of controversy surrounding one or more members of the left-wing congressional group known as “The Squad.” That trend continued overnight as well, following reports involving the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). Boston homicide detectives are investigating after a body was discovered Saturday at a two-unit continue … Read more
A rapidly growing foodborne illness outbreak has expanded far beyond what federal health officials first believed, with thousands of Americans now either confirmed or under investigation for a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of debilitating gastrointestinal illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has reached continue reading …
Buckingham Palace confirms the rumor, Charles III is…See more King Charles III is still alive despite a viral report claiming otherwise. According to the New York Post, Buckingham Palace got involved on Monday, March 18, after a Russian news organization shared an “announcement” that Charles, 75, had died. “We are happy to confirm that The … Read more
There’s been another major update involving President Donald Trump’s administration. As the president takes on many challenges both at home and abroad, his team has just been hit with another round of bad news. Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department at the end of the month. Jonathan Pratt, … Read more
In the hours leading up to his sudden death late Saturday evening at his Washington, D.C., residence, Sen. Lindsey Graham did not display any outward signs of illness, according to Sunday reports. In fact, less than a day earlier, he was in Kiev, Ukraine, making a pitch for a new package of sanctions against Russia … Read more
