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During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Joe Biden stated that “it’s a patriotic responsibility to wear a mask, to socially distance.” And that both items are “critical pieces to dealing with bringing down this virus in a more manageable place.” Biden said, “I hope that we’re going to be able to have a united voice on the need to mask, socially distance, testing and tracing. They’re critical, critical pieces to dealing with bringing down this virus in a more manageable place. The words of a president matter. And I think it’s critically important, I think...

Who can forget Stanley Kubrick's dystopian tale of coddled hooligans run amok in pre-Thatcher England? Who is surprised that life is back to imitating art? Last week's cultural eruption in London was not just an assault on property. It was a bold repudiation of the concept of property. The violence was widespread but it wasn't mindless. It was the natural consequence of an economic philosophy that holds great sway in many western democracies. This particular manifestation differed from what we've seen in Greece, yet the same moral decay preceded both. What's worse, the source of this decay is not an...

(June 23) -- When most people get in line at Orlando, Fla.'s new Harry Potter theme park, they're worried about the wait -- not their weight. But according to some Harry Potter lovers, pudgy muggles -- those who weigh about 265 pounds or more -- are getting tossed from line at the most-hyped ride in Universal Studios' Wizarding World of Harry Potter amusement park. For them, the ride "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" is truly living up to its name -- and that's a big disappointment for fans who resemble Harry's rotund cousin Dudley. Harry Potter fanatic Jeff Guillaume...

We licked the beaters and didn't have anyone telling us we were going to become deathly ill from eating batter with raw eggs in it! At Easter time, we had our dyed Easter eggs in a nest on the counter and they sat out at room temperature for the week after Easter. We would peel one whenever we felt like it. I Can't Believe We Made It"! If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have... As children, we would ride...

As we poise to attack Iraq, our military leaders worry that our forces will have to survive and function on the "dirty battlefield" of chemical and biological contaminants. They are preparing for that worst-case scenario, which is the best thing to do. Here at home, on the other hand, I'm afraid that too many of us are expecting the best-case scenario -- that we will be untouched -- which is the worst thing to do. We are negligent in our civil defense. Take the duct tape squabble as an example. Earlier this month, the Bush administration heightened the nation's alert...