China has a death grip on our medical supplies and consequently our ability to survive. It is the sole manufacturer of one hundred medications we commonly use, including antibiotics and blood thinners, and is the largest supplier of nitrate gloves, masks, syringes and other medical equipment ...

“If it’s not about a king, then I’m not interested!” This is the defiant yet adorable response of Walter Dickens, the son of master storyteller Charles Dickens, in one of the opening scenes of Angel Studios’ new animated film “The King of Kings.” With his vivid creativity and ...

This is the 100th Raffel Ticket weekly column I’ve written. How the heck did that happen? The underlying explanation has to be my discomfort, my anger, my frustration with the world we live in. I love my family, adore my friends and delight in my students, but I am far from happy with a ...

Vice President JD Vance stood at the head of the table in the Roosevelt Room during one of the most significant moments of his life, joined by his mother, Beverly Aikins. Despite the presence of about 20 family members and friends, including his wife, Usha, and their three children, there was a ...

In April 1775, Paul Revere set out on horseback from Boston to warn the patriots that the British king in London was sending redcoats to suppress their demands for liberty. When I was a kid, I dreamt I was there. In April 2025, nearly 100,000 people rallied in front of Boston City Hall to ...

As tens of millions of Americans hustle to pay their taxes, Trump has put the entire global economy into chaos. 401(k)s are tanking, savings are shrinking, treasury bonds are losing value, supply chains are convulsing. Even America’s oligarchs are petrified. They contributed millions to ...