About 457,000 veterans with Veterans’ Group Life Insurance policies will not have to make payments in November, December and January.
Beginning Oct. 1, the VA will award $1.17 billion in grants to address veteran homelessness through its Supportive Services for Veteran Families and Grant and Per Diem programs.
Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University, including a new Wynwood campus, could reach South Dade if schools, colleges and employers build the pathways to it.
A new executive order requires the VA and the Department of Defense to share records from a veteran’s first day of service, speeding access to benefits.
Her life carried her from a one-room cabin in rural Tennessee to stages around the world, but she never stopped presenting herself as the same mountain girl who believed hard work, humor and kindness could open almost any door.
There is a particular kind of conversation that happens when you talk to someone who has lived in South Dade for decades.
"How'm I doin'?" the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city.
When Grey-haired white liberals take to America's streets for "No Kings"
This week, I had the solemn honor to meet, alongside Rep. Brian Mast (FL-21), with families of Hamas hostage victims to hear their story, feel their pain, and reassure them that, as a Member of Congress, I will continue to do everything in my power to rescue the hostages and reunite them wit…
Stand for the Silent, an organization helping to stop school bullying, helps communities address the issue.
As background information, I am a 69-year-old, White, Catholic, male, doctoral educated professional, who believes that the United States of America is the best country in the world. I did not vote for Joe Biden as President, but my training, education and experience leads me to the conclusi…
As a physician, the last thing I want is for a patient to make decisions about their health and well-being based on the cost of care and medication rather than their actual care needs.
In 2020, many American corporations and academic institutions adopted new policies to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI). Among these, Boston University decided to build an “anti-racist” research center around activist Ibram X. Kendi. Now, however, Kendi and his center are unde…
Russia has been attacking Ukraine for 20 months now. Iran, through its terrorism partner Hamas, attacked Israel this weekend. China has been threatening to attack Taiwan.
To the Editor,
Since its founding, America has had a leg up on other countries because of its willingness to think boldly and try new things.
Woke" radicals love to undermine America at every opportunity. They try to rewrite history in order to demoralize and disorientate the United States.
As a proud parent and PTA President in District 9, I had the incredible privilege of volunteering at a back-to-school event that showcased the power of community engagement led by School Board Member Luisa Santos and her team.
The fall semester is upon us at most institutions of learning, and as I aided in getting my youngest son situated with his on-campus college classes this week, I was reminded of all the counsel and caution dispensed by Scripture upon parents regarding the care and nurturing of children.
Dear Editor:
Florida hosts 21 military bases, some for every branch of the military. The Jacksonville area is home to most of the military bases in the state, but they exist in other coastal areas, too. What all the military bases have in common is toxic environmental contamination, especially with PFAS.
Dear Editor:
America's largest pharmaceutical companies continue to sound the alarm about last year's Inflation Reduction Act.
The twentieth anniversary of Bob Hope’s death on July 27th closes the “Season of Hope” that began with Hope’s 120th birthday on May 29th.
I do not often share matters of a personal nature, but I must acknowledge that it may be therapeutic to do so on some occasions.
Florida’s multi billion Dollar agri industry has depended for years on immigrants to do the work Americans don’t want to do, like picking tomatoes, vegetables, fruits and do other manual intensive low paid labor.
The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that racial preferences in college admissions violate the U.S. Constitution.
Appearing on Larry Kudlow’s program on Fox Business, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, who served as United States Trade Representative in the administration of President Donald Trump, stated that China is the greatest adversary the nation has faced.
One mother picks up a call and learns her son – who left for work eight hours ago – will not return.
According to the Bible, among the many attributes of God are innovation and perfection.
"This idea of being woke and if you'resocially compromised you cancel people out and all of that stuff, you need to get over that quickly. Being woke isn't cool and its really dumb." – Barack Obama
In the penultimate episodes of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" television series, Starfleet and the crew of the 22nd-century starship Enterprise contend with an organized group of terrorists who demand the expulsion of all non-human species from Earth under threat of civil war.
In the United States in 2021, healthcare spending averaged almost $13 thousand per person. Luckily, charitable programs and coupons exist to make it easier for patients to afford their necessary treatments and medications. Unfortunately, a little-known but now commonly used language known as…
"The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth." – P. J. O'Rourke
Last week, Otto, my beloved English bulldog, died.
Time has not been kind to Time magazine. You would not know it from reading Time’s press release trumpeting its recent centenary, but Time, once America’s foremost weekly newsmagazine, is a mere shadow of its former self. In fact, it is no longer even published weekly. Nor does it feature th…
Most, if not all, of us have some appreciation for wild Florida. It is my hope on Earth Day that we can also appreciate the legacy of stewardship that has left us with such rich biodiversity and beauty, and we can rededicate ourselves to the work needed to ensure it endures.
To the Editor,
There is an expression that stipulates "desperate times call for desperate measures." In a great many instances, anger and frustration may seem to be legitimate reactions to breaches of trust, abuses of power, or failures of leadership. Such intense emotions can lead to destructive and count…
I am a lifelong resident of the city of Homestead, born and raised here and now settled here raising a family with my wife who is a transplant from Ohio.
The Biden administration has been working to repair the reputation of the United States around the world. It's working. A recent global survey by the Pew Research Center shows a near doubling from Trump to Biden in those expressing confidence the U.S. president will do the right thing.
As two physicians who have devoted our lives to studying cancer, we're thrilled with President Biden's "Cancer Moonshot" initiative to halve the disease's death rate within 25 years. But it won't achieve that goal unless we act on a lesser-known health crisis.
As lawmakers seek to curb China from purchasing agricultural land through the bill SB 264, which is being fast-tracked in the Florida Senate, it is critical for Floridians to express support for this bill by writing and calling their legislators. Support also the House bill. As Jim Turner st…
My mother once told me about a Christian, powerful in the faith, deeply anointed, who walked firmly with God on a daily basis. But even a Christian as strong as she might stumble, and one day, she did: Overwhelmed by her fears and cares in the world, she got in her car, sped down the road, a…
About Scott Adams, the white male creator of the (once) popular "Dilbert" comic strip, The Washington Post wrote: "On his Feb. 22 episode of 'Real Coffee With Scott Adams,' the creator of the comic strip 'Dilbert' decided to riff on a much-criticized Rasmussen poll and promote a type of segr…
Because critical race theory is the most divisive doctrine ever to threaten America's schools, it has spawned a great parent revolt, which has turned ordinary moms and dads into extraordinary heroes.
r. Firouz Daneshgari likens the American healthcare system to the gas-guzzling cars of the ’70s and ’80s — the same oversized behemoths that led to the near-extinction of America’s Big Three automakers.
Corporate volunteerism connects companies to the communities where they operate and creates a critical bridge between people and the causes they want to support. But it does something else – it engages employees, while giving them a greater sense of purpose and a deeper connection to their w…
