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On This Day, Sept. 13: 'Star-Spangled Banner' written amid British attack
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (353+ words) Sept. 13 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 1940, the chapel at Buckingham Palace was destroyed in the German Blitz on London. The…...
Let Idahoans decide if they want state to become dumping ground for nation’s radioactive waste
4+ day, 8+ min ago (1727+ words) One of the most critical issues facing Idaho is one that has received little attention but has profound consequences for the future of our state – the agreement that would make Idaho the dumping ground for a third of the radioactive…...
Poetry, historical mountain fiction come to City Lights Bookstore
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (402+ words) Jim Haughey will visit City Lights at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 to share his debut novel, The Broken Season. On the eve of the Civil War, deep in the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains, hundreds of Irish immigrant laborers risk their lives to…...
Commentary: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower were models of statesmanship
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (498+ words) Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed by President Eisenhower, on Oct. 18, 1957, in Washington D.C. Her arrival coincided with the 350th anniversary of the landing of the first British settlers in the region. I’ve long been intrigued by the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt…...
Voters should have a say about whether Idaho becomes a nuclear dump | Opinion
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1732+ words) One of the most critical issues facing Idaho is one that has received little attention but has profound consequences for the future of our state – the agreement that would make Idaho the dumping ground for a third of the radioactive…...
Idaho risks becoming nation???s nuclear waste site
1+ week, 4+ day ago (719+ words) The old line “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes” is most frequently attributed, perhaps incorrectly, to Mark Twain. The provenance of the quote is less important than its continuing relevance. Right now Idaho is having one of those…...
The Trump Administration Is Dismantling One of America's Greatest Strategic Assets: Its Scientific Workforce
2+ week, 2+ day ago (554+ words) This (lightly edited) post was originally published via Science And Freedom Alliance. America’s global leadership in science has been built over decades through bipartisan investments in research, universities, and a federal workforce of scientists, physicians, and public health experts whose…...
Trump's 'golden age of science' is not just another war to be won
1+ week, 5+ day ago (461+ words) Let's get off the battlefield and into the laboratory — this should be one arena where great power competition can be kept in its place In July 2026, the White House released what it called the most ambitious rethinking of American science…...
Nazi Germany’s ‘Wonder Weapons’: What Was Real and What Was Myth?
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (405+ words) The V-2 Rocket: The Most Effective and Impactful Weapon If any single Nazi German technology can be deemed genuinely revolutionary, it is the V-2 rocket. It was the world’s first operational long-range ballistic missile, capable of reaching the fringes of space and…...
The White House’s Science Strategy Gets Two Big Things Right | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
2+ week, 4+ day ago (315+ words) First, the backdrop: science and R&D are more important than ever to economic growth and technological leadership. Yet America’s competitive position has deteriorated. China now spends slightly more on R&D as the US when adjusted for purchasing power....