The day American exceptionalism died

31 Jan 2020

The myth of American exceptionalism — the belief held onto by too many citizens that the U.S. is the best country in the world and blessed by God to remain so…

REUTERS: U.S. declares coronavirus public health emergency after imposing quarantines

31 Jan 202031 Jan 2020

Jan 31 Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public health emergency on Friday and announced the extraordinary step…

REUTERS: Britain Brexits – United Kingdom leaves the European Union

31 Jan 202015 Apr 2021

LONDON — The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, turning its back on post-World War Two attempts to unite the…

From The New Yorker: What happens when the news is gone?

31 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

The New Yorker takes a look at what happened to one area in North Carolina when the local media went away. According to one estimate, the U.S. has lost one…

It’s Brexit Day

31 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

Brexit Day, it has arrived The U.K. says goodbye Without Europe, Johnson says, Merry ol’ England, it will fly It took one thousand plus days From referendum to right here…