Tag Archives: International Space Station

FBI Scans Emails, Stretching the Tax Law

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

E Minus 7: The FBI has begun to examine a newly-discovered trove of Hillary Clinton emails to determine whether they contain classified information.  The emails came from a computer belonging to disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who’s under investigated for …

Success in Space, Six Americans Killed

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Final Frontier: After a series of failures, SpaceX took a big step for private space exploration last night, successfully launching a Falcon 9 supply rocket from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station and safely landing the booster stage on …

Hungary Builds a Fence, Big Extra Point

Sunday, September 13, 2015

The Great Migration: Hungary is rushing to build a 13-foot fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants coming from war ravaged Middle East countries. The government plans to start arresting migrants who enter the country …

Euro “Terror,” The Pom Pom Man

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Drachma Drama: Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accuses his country’s creditors of “terrorism” on the eve of a national vote on whether to accept a new bailout. “Why did they force us to close the banks?” he asked in an …

Fed to End Easing, Supply Rocket Explodes

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Easing Off: The Federal Reserve today is expected to announce the end of “quantitative easing,” the purchasing of bonds that stimulated the economy all through the Great Recession. The Fed has bought $3.5 trillion worth of securities in the last …

Peace, Ice, and an Extension

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas City and World: In his first Christmas celebration as Pope, Francis called on atheists to work with believers of all religions toward “a homemade peace” that can spread across the world. He said, “Let us all unite, either with …

No Pardon for Snowden, Gay Marriage in Utah

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Nation: Even while he considers changes to intelligence practices revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, President Obama declined to say whether he would consider amnesty for Snowden, who set the whole debate in motion. “As important and as necessary as …