A New York state lawsuit is renewing longstanding questions about where some members of the billionaire Sackler family have invested the wealth they amassed from Purdue Pharma LP, the drugmaker accused of helping ignite the U.S. opioid epidemic. One place where some of the Sacklers’ about $13 billion fortune appears […]
Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world’s biggest oil reserves. It should be a happy and prosperous nation. But then Venezuela went socialist. Democratic socialist to be exact. They voted for it. Hugo Chavez promised the […]
NATO is celebrating its 70th birthday next week, but rather than blowing out 70 candles, the foreign-policy establishment is pondering whether it should still exist. In truth, we’ve been having this argument since 1992, after the Soviet collapse, and maybe since France pulled its military out of the alliance in […]
Following multiple days of lengthy debate and consideration of several amendments, the House Financial Services Committee voted 45 to 15 to advance the legislation to the full body. Floor action has not yet been scheduled, but cannabis reform advocates are hopeful that the committee approval of the banking bill is […]
PRINCETON, N.J. — American International’s Eric Lang has been named College Hockey News Coach of the Year for 2018–19. Lang is the first coach from Atlantic Hockey to win the honor. The Yellow Jackets are set to play their first-ever NCAA Tournament game this weekend, against St. Cloud State, coming off a […]
I’m done with cow farts. I’ve written about them several times over the last six months, and I bring them up in polite conversation more than I should. In my defense, I have a legitimate reason: cow farts are a good example of something that contributes to climate change but isn’t related to […]
People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier says it’s party policy not to comment on tragic events in other countries in the wake of criticism over his response to the deadly massacre at two mosques in New Zealand. Mr. Bernier said at a press conference on Parliament Hill Monday morning that he […]
Canadian health policy discussions are often hobbled by the misunderstanding that universal health care means government health care. Reality, however, looks quite different. Some combination of government, private non-profit organizations, and private for-profit insurers and hospitals forms the basis of the world’s finest universal access health-care systems. Let’s be clear: […]
Dear Mr. Dad: I think I know how you’re going to answer this question, but my wife and I have been arguing (in a friendly way) about whether moms are naturally better parents than dads. She says yes, but I disagree. What’s your take? A: For decades, conventional wisdom told […]
It would be helpful if, heading into the Oct. 2019 federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would provide us with a list of things Canadians can criticize his government for, without being accused of racism. Because the list of things we can’t criticize the Trudeau government for, without being accused […]