Why do we kill? It's a question unlikely to ever be answered to any degree of satisfaction, but one I found myself asking the other day after hearing about the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. In reading about the story, I learned that Pike and I are almost the same ...
Iran's strategy in this war was never complicated. The mullahs believed that if they choked the Strait of Hormuz long enough, Americans would feel it at the gas pump and Washington would lose its nerve before the midterms. Brent crude spiked past $107 a barrel this month, and Iranian-aligned ...
Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace. It's why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests, and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations. The response to such terrorism isn't to cower. It is to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright ...
As predictions of a blue wave swell, it's worthwhile to remember that polls are sometimes wrong, that surveys have tended to undercount Trump voters (though they have been better in midterms), that professional prognosticators can err, and that Allan Lichtman is only right when he's lucky. And ...
Riding the Silver Swing Silver prices were holding in the $60 to $62 range on Friday, falling from a high of $64.70 on Monday. Prices have experienced wild swings, peaking above $71 in late August and then pulling back 10% to 15% from that late summer high. Uncertainties of further Fed tightening or even more gradual easing encourage holding metal such as silver. Some of silver’s value rests in its use in green energy transitions (photovoltaic/solar technology) and data centers powering AI due to silver’s unmatched electrical conductivity. Prices Slip on Oil Oil prices dropped ...
As October is National Art and Humanities Month, the Fisher Art Museum thought it a perfect time to launch a monthly series of ARTicles, each featuring one of the seminal works now on view at the museum, located in the Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC). The exhibit, Seeing Anew Part II, ...
