The One Where We Lost a Friend
Photo courtesy of Flickr. On Saturday, October 28th, the whole world lost a friend following the unexpected passing of Matthew Perry at 54 years old. He was discovered in his…
Biden Issues Executive Order on the Use and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
On Monday, October 30th, President Biden issued an executive order on the use of artificial intelligence in the U.S. and the risks that accompany the advancement of this technology. Artificial…
What’s at Stake on Election Day 2023
It may be an off-year, but much is still at stake on Election Day 2023. This year, Democrats have overperformed their electorate’s partisan lean by an 11-point average in special…
Who’s on the ballot if you’re voting at the Lancaster Theological Seminary?
A voter’s guide for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, for Lancaster Precinct 0904. JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Vote for one. Daniel McCaffery (DEM) Carolyn Carluccio (REP) JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR…
Lewiston, ME Shooting: Overview, Political Response
On October 25th, 2023, Maine resident and former army reservist Robert Card opened fire at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grill in Lewiston, ME. Eighteen were killed and thirteen…
The Wait for a New House Speaker Finally Ends
After an historic vote to remove Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House and the tumultuous weeks of voting that followed, the Republican-majority House of Representatives finally…
Pennsylvania Elections: Anti-Abortion Judge Runs for Supreme Court
Come election day on November 7th, Pennsylvania will elect a State Supreme Court Justice to a ten-year term. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is currently split 4-2, with liberals holding a…
Lancaster County Elections: Extremism, Abortion, and a Republican Judge Running with the Democrats
Elections are coming to Lancaster County on November 7, 2023! Voters are preparing to elect the Lancaster school board of directors, municipal boards, commissioner, and clerk. On the state-level, Lancaster…
France under new terrorism attacks: one teacher killed, the Louvres and Versailles under bomb alert
On Friday the 13th of October, a French High School in the small northern city of Arras was a victim of a terrorist attack from an alumnus, Mohammed Mogouchkov. The…
The 2023 New Zealand Election: What’s Happening Down Under?
New Zealanders went to the polls on October 14th to decide who they would send to Parliament. The election was contested by the favored center-right National Party, led by Christopher…
John Green is Taking Down Tuberculosis
John Green’s obsession with tuberculosis started in 2019, he says in a video from August 15th: “I visited the Lakka tuberculosis treatment center in Sierra Leone and met this boy,…
What is Going on With the House of Representatives?
The federal government temporarily avoided a shutdown with mere hours to spare on Sunday, September 30th. This outcome came as a surprise to many following politics as the government seemed…
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Ousted as Speaker: Spectacular Downfall of Republican Leadership at the Hands of the Far-Right
Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been abruptly and shockingly ousted from the position by far-right Republicans. Elected in a tumultuous multi-ballot election across multiple days,…
Lombardo Welcome Center’s Construction of Two-Story Ampersand Will Push Some Counseling Appointments to Telehealth
An initial rendering of the newly developed Lombardo Welcome Center from fandm.edu. Assistant Director of Project Management Sheldon Wenger said past renderings are about 95 percent accurate to the current…
President Biden Holds the Line with the United Auto Workers Union
With a major uptick in strikes this year — from the Rutgers University strike and impending Southwest airline worker strike to the much more notorious WGA writers’ strike and the…