U.S. President Joe Biden finally got around to speaking with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The two leaders conversed by phone late Wednesday Washington time, early Thursday in Beijing. The call came on the eve of China’s Lunar New Year holiday, three weeks after Biden was sworn in as president, and after he had already […]
One of many leaders and writers working in the forefront of economics and public coverage, few now are respected because Robert Reich. During a career spanning the previous five decades, he’s worked for three presidential administrations–functioning as U.S. Secretary of Labor through Bill Clinton’s primary {} –also written 18 books investigating the economic, societal, and […]
The very first news event I could recall is that the space shuttle Challenger exploding following launching in 1986, killing the seven astronauts on board, like a schoolteacher, Christa McAuliffe. In 4, I’m more or less knew what had happened, but not the circumstance. Our nation had never lost an astronaut in flight over six […]