60 years ago, an event familiar not only to Dallas residents but to the entirety of the U.S. occurred. On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dealey Plaza while riding in a convertible motorcade to the Dallas Trade Mart. Along with him was Texas Governor John Connally, who was wounded as well but was not...
Upended palm trees, wrecked houses, and record-high flooding were all the hallmarks of a weather phenomenon that the Floridian peninsula was all too familiar with - Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian made landfall on Southwest Florida shores two weeks ago, leaving behind a trail of destruction and desolation in its wake. At least 137 people in the U.S. and Cuba...
The race carries on. As candidates continue to drop like Kamala Harris, Julián Castro, and Cory Booker, the stage has begun to narrow down in the Democratic Primary Debate. This was especially noticeable as only six candidates took the stage in a single-night, two-hour debate on the evening of January 14, 2020. Hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register, the...
Three rounds and five nights of Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Debates have come and gone, and still, a historic, record-setting 12 candidates appeared on-stage Tuesday, October 15th in Westerville, Ohio for the Fourth Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Debate.
Following an action-packed summer on the 2020 trail, two major political events have shaken the country: the US House of Representatives’ formal...
As people are still recovering from the polarized election of 2016, it may be shocking that elections are again on the horizon. If you do not vote in these midterm elections, you will not be in the minority. In the last midterm elections during 2014, voter turnout was 35.9% (in contrast to the 60% turnout rate during the 2016...
One of the closest races in the Senate this year in Arizona, where Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, and Republican Martha McSally are running to replace the seat of Jeff Flake.
Mr. Flake has felt much of the ire of the Republican base, as he has uttered the phrase “country over party” to justify his opposition to Trump. However, this has...
There Is Nothing We Can Do: Remembering the Emperor
On this day 207 years ago, October 15, 1815, history bore witness to a momentous event as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who over the past two decades had led France to a series of glorious victories that established it as the premier European power, began his exile on the remote island of...
December 26th, 1991 saw one of the most influential moments of the 20th century. Mikhail Gorbachev announced on Soviet TV, that he resigned his position as General Secretary of the Communist Party, and that the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. Half a century of being close to nuclear apocalypse was over. But this is earth, meaning long-lasting tranquility is...
