Paths to More Progress

Despite what the drug industry and some segments of the media want you to believe, Paul McCartney was right. In almost every way, “it’s getting better all the time.” On the Tonight Show, President Barack Obama told Jimmy Fallon: “Despite the news, despite all the rancor, the truth is if you had to be born

Because They Said So

In his book, Jacksonland, Steve Inskeep, cohost of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, tells the story of Andrew Jackson’s uncomfortable and contentious relationship with Cherokee chief John Ross. The decades-long interaction between the two leaders climaxed in the 1830 Indian Removal Act, which has been characterized in varying ways over the years. Inskeep’s jarring and