A nationwide FEMA alert will occur today (Oct. 4) ostensibly to test US preparedness in the event of a national...
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Nationwide FEMA Alert Sparks Intense Reaction
Long before cell phones were conceived, Americans remember the blaring sound and words of the Emergency...
Alarming Airplane Incidents Cause Passenger Anxiety
When University of Florida professor Harrison Hove boarded American Airlines Flight 5916 bound for Gainesville,...
Try That in a Big Town: Sgt Reitz Comes Home 80 Years Later
The side streets and a country highway were lined with flags as a three-mile-long procession of hundreds wound...
Conservative Conservationists? Why the Right Must Focus on the Environment
By John Klar If the title of this commentary sounds discordant, that in itself proves the challenge: Why aren’t...
Independence Day: Celebrating and Protecting American Exceptionalism
It’s the Fourth of July – Independence Day. For many, it will be a day at the beach or public park. There will be...
George Jetson’s Flying Car Collides With Reality
Never let it be said Americans lack ingenuity or the ability to turn a cartoon into reality. Such is the case...
Harvard Scholar Proves It’s Not Easy to Be Honest
They say honesty is the best policy – but who are “they,” anyway, and might they be lying about that? One scholar...
The Family Farmer Faces China and Other Hostiles
US farmers are a hardscrabble group – they’ve weathered the Dust Bowl, cyclical economic downturns, farm credit...