The czarist and Soviet communist Russian empires were largely self-sufficient entities possessing the resources and millions of people required to field powerful military forces. However, when the USSR collapsed, the Kremlin’s empire lost about half of its population and significant food and energy resources.

Democrats have styled themselves as advocates for the poor. Failing to renew the Illinois scholarship program would deservedly earn them the hypocrisy label with a dishonor cluster.

Polls might be of interest close to the election, but we’re not close or anywhere near. The election is almost 14 months away, and if you recall, polls 14 days before the 2016 election showed Hillary Clinton winning.

We already know that Biden was complicit in an inherently corrupt enterprise that centered on selling access to him when he was a high government official.

It troubles me that police are in the spotlight more for shooting people than for putting themselves in harm’s way. We need a model for police work that puts officers and the public in more contact. Unhostile contact.