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Though it’s chic these days in progressive circles to oppose the notion of a common culture, there’s nothing inherently at odds between this idea and the progressive agenda writ large. Great progressives like Eugene Debs, George McGovern or Martin Luther King were critics of America but also patriots. Phrases like “death to America”—recently tweeted by the student body President of Kansas University—or the Seattle DA’s tweet that “I for sure hate this country” would have been as foreign to Dr....

The indictment, crudely, is that we are creating a caste society unfairly dominated by upscale snobs. Richer than other Americans, they are increasingly insulated from popular beliefs and tastes (so it’s said). Worse, they perpetuate their position by sending their children to elite private universities that are gateways to the best jobs. In a book a few years ago, Labor Secretary Robert Reich called the new upper tier “symbolic analysts....

The passenger, identified as 33-year-old U.S. citizen Christian Segura, opened an emergency door of the aircraft after it arrived at Miami International Airport from Cali, Colombia, at around 7.15 p.m., the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) said. The plane was pulling into its designated gate when he opened an emergency door and jumped onto the wing. Segura jumped off the wing when officers arrived and he was detained by agents from U....

No. really, this is an actual proposal by actual senators Max Baucus of Montana and Harry Reid of Nevada. The pair of lunch-loving Democrats is backing an economic stimulus package that would restore the full tax deductibility of business meals–which was the law until 1986, a year that is universally acknowledged as the nadir of American lunching. Now, I won’t cast aspersions on Baucus or Reid. They think the best way to prop up the sagging U....

These and other sacred tenets–the bedrocks of our American Civilization–have been summarily discarded here in New York City, where the co-op board of an apartment building on the Upper West Side recently decreed that tenants will not be permitted to smoke. The ban covers not just around the building or in the lobby, mind you, but the residents’ apartments themselves–the very apartments that they have paid several hundreds of thousands of dollars to own (not rent, but own)....

I ran into hard-and a dozen hot-sauce makers like him-at last week’s International Fancy Food and Confection Show, an annual trade fair for specialty-food makers, the customers who love them and the journalists who love free samples. Hard may not be everyone’s embodiment of the American Dream (after all, how many of us would wear a shirt like that?), but he should be. A few years ago, he grew sick of the daily grind of running a company that designs systems to put out fires in office buildings and gave it all up to indulge his passion: starting fires in people’s mouths....

American Pharoah has proven he can win over any surface at any track, but fell victim to the Graveyard of Champions. He battled Frosted in the final quarter-mile and appeared to pull away, but couldn’t hold off Keen Ice down the stretch. MORE: Comparing American Pharoah to other Triple Crown winners | Ride aboard Pharoah | What’s in Pharoah’s future? Travers updates —American Pharoah may retire following this loss. Owner Ahmed Zayat said he has to protect the horse and that his gut feeling is to retire Pharoah....

Karen Watson is moving to Highland Park for the very same reasons as most of the residents. She loves her gracious 1928 Mediterranean-style home, the lushly landscaped streets and its excellent schools (earlier this month, NEWSWEEK ranked HP High as the 14th best school in the nation). But unlike most of the other new arrivals, Watson, 36 and her husband, Joshua Lazu, 38, have attracted a fair amount of attention even before their moving truck has pulled up to the house....

The latest numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that, in 2021, U.S. life expectancy at birth is now 76.1 years, dropping by nearly a full year from the 2020 figure. Life expectancy for men is now 73.2, and for women, it is 79.9. The decline means that several countries have caught up with or surpassed the U.S. According to World Bank data, Cuba’s life expectancy is 78....

Zach Johnson holed out from the 15th fairway for eagle to complete a swift turnaround in foursomes and give the Americans yet another point toward winning the Presidents Cup for the fifth straight time. MORE: Kuchar-Woods pairing stands out | Looking ahead to Sunday | Leaderboard via GolfDigest.com | Images from Muirfield Johnson and Jason Dufner won six of eight holes to go from 2 down to a 4-and-3 win over Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman....

Biden has repeatedly emphasized his desire to work with Congress in a bipartisan manner while he’s in the White House. Although that sentiment has been welcomed by some Republicans, the reality of Biden’s ambition appears to be playing out in a manner most Americans are all too familiar with—partisan gridlock. Republicans may be at odds over their support or opposition to Trump, as evidenced by the bipartisan nature of the former president’s second impeachment trial and the statements from some GOP senators condemning the former president after declining to vote to convict....

After leaving the Toronto Maple Leafs’ morning skate with “soreness” on Monday and sending an entire fan base into a collective panic, the 20-year-old took to the ice against the Vegas Golden Knights and resumed as if nothing had happened. READ: Senators reflect on ‘great player and great person’ Turris Skating on a line with William Nylander and James van Riemsdyk, Matthews got hold of the puck on the right wing and completed a 360-degree spin move around Golden Knights defenseman Luca Sbisa before driving toward the net and feeding van Riemsdyk for an easy goal....

The scope of this global crisis is unprecedented, but the education dimension is not new. Before the pandemic, 250 million school-aged children and youth worldwide were out of school. These young people were overwhelmingly concentrated in fragile, conflict-affected contexts. Indeed, refugee children were five times more likely to be out of school than their peers. The creative solutions that have been deployed to reach these children without access to physical schools, a reliable Internet connection, fully trained teachers, and more, are ones that decision makers in the U....

According to The Associated Press, Biden would like to emphasize that the two countries need to determine boundaries in deepening areas of conflict. White House officials expect no major announcements to come from the meeting and have low expectations for it. “The two leaders will discuss ways to responsibly manage the competition between the United States and the PRC, as well as ways to work together where our interests align,” Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, said in a statement that announced the time of the summit and referred to the People’s Republic of China....

In fact, according to the 2012 guidelines for preventing episodic migraines (defined as headaches that occur fewer than 15 times per month) established by the American Headache Society (AHS) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), amitriptyline is a level B medication for migraine prophylaxis, meaning it’s regarded as “probably effective.” How It Works As an antidepressant, amitriptyline increases the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain that affect mood and well-being—specifically, serotonin and norepinephrine....

In 2009 and again in 2013, the FDA rejected Ampligen as a ME/CFS treatment. It would have been the first approved treatment for this condition as well as providing Ampligen’s entrance into the marketplace. In spite of these failures, the manufacturer continues to move ahead to get this drug approved. How It Works Ampligen is believed to work by jump-starting your body’s natural anti-viral pathway and regulating levels of RNase L (a substance in your cells that attacks viruses), which can be high in people with ME/CFS....

These are just some of the reproductive health issues making their way to the Supreme Court, where Judge Amy Coney Barrett—who was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—could soon be the deciding vote. Barrett’s expected confirmation on Monday will move the bench to a 6-to-3 conservative majority, stoking concern about the future of the landmark abortion decision Roe v....

Senator Amy Klobuchar called Trump’s last-minute stimulus veto “an attack on every American.” “This is an attack on every American, people who are struggling to get by right now, out of work, whose unemployment is basically going to end the day after Christmas if this doesn’t pass,” she told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday. “This was a hard-fought negotiation. Of course you’re right. Democrats are pushing for more funds for the individual payments but in the end, this was the negotiation,” she added....

The California-based engineering manager’s debut on the syndicated quiz show aired during Trans Awareness Week, and she has gone on to become the first transgender woman to qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. And in an interview with ABC affiliate KGO-TV, the Ohio native noted that the path she’s blazing has the potential to inspire others to chase their dreams. “Seeing trans people anywhere in society that you haven’t seen them before is so valuable for the kids right now that are seeing it,” she said....

While the main Jeopardy! show takes a two-week screen break for spin-off Professors Tournament, the California-based engineering manager has kept her growing army of Twitter followers entertained by sharing snippets of her home life. And after telling her social media followers more about her pre-Jeopardy! life, Schneider shared a photo of her beloved cat, Meep, resting in her lap—and at the same time showed the body ink dominating her upper arm as she sported a sleeveless top....