AP In “Why America Must Lead Again” (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2020), President-elect Joe Biden promised to renew American leadership by returning to the source of American power — its democratic…
Continue ReadingThe BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Gordon L. Weil formerly…
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Irma Baralija is looking forward to Sunday, when she intends to vote and hopes to win her race as the southern Bosnian city of Mostar holds…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of…
Continue ReadingThe US Treasury Department can be seen behind the fence that provides extensive security for the White House on November 3, 2020. | Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images “This…
Continue ReadingOn December 14, Rudy Giuliani Zoomed into a Missouri legislative hearing. His testimony was part of his endless roadshow to overturn the election, and, as he has done so often in…
Continue ReadingThai police are hunting for members of a flash-mob group who unfurled banners at a luxury Bangkok mall with strong establishment links, ripping into inequality, capitalism and the harsh royal…
Continue ReadingPeople who work for President Donald Trump typically meet one of two fates. They fail to show the unthinking loyalty he demands and get fired. Or, maybe worse, they don’t…
Continue ReadingRonald Reagan would be shocked to see what has happened to his party. The Republican Party is now a Donald Trump personality cult, lost in an alternative reality where facts…
Continue ReadingIn 1979, David Byrne predicted Netflix. “It’ll be as easy to hook your computer up to a central television bank as it is to get the week’s groceries,” he told…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Thursday, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) introduced a bill that would limit the Governor’s ability under the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) to unilaterally enact…
Continue ReadingSir Paul McCartney is hoping it will be his turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine soon. As the United Kingdom was the first country to start vaccines for those over…
Continue ReadingCourtney Marie Andrews has shared a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘America’ – listen below. Read More: Courtney Marie Andrews: “Singing ‘9 To 5’ with Dolly Parton was a moment…
Continue ReadingU.S. Battle of the Bulge veterans listen to the U.S. national anthem during a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge at the Mardasson Memorial…
Continue Reading“Music … is nourished by context,” says Argentinian music producer Gustavo Santaolalla at one point in “Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America,” a fascinating, six-episode series…
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