Highway to hell: Mass influx of foreign-born truckers cause carnage on American roads
The American trucking industry today is in trouble. I have wages Flatline for decadesmeanwhile A fatal accident It has steadily increased. Both of these trends share the same root cause. A large influx of cheap, untrained foreign-born drivers. It didn't have to be like this. Illegal foreigners from Mexico crashes, On the way home from […]
Trump inaugural: American carnage, round two
Inauguration Day 2025. We're off to a great start. For several hours on January 20th, Americans were given an image of what a peaceful transition of power should look like. Renewing a tradition that Donald Trump himself broke four years ago, outgoing President Biden welcomed President-elect Trump to the White House and rode with him […]
‘Extraordinarily grotesque’ Hawaii fireworks explosion causes New Year’s Day ‘war zone’ carnage; 3 dead, over 20 injured
Three people were killed and more than 20 injured in a fireworks demonstration in Hawaii on New Year's Day. Authorities said the horrifying explosion compared the carnage to a “war zone.” A fireworks demonstration took place in Honolulu's Salt Lake neighborhood just after midnight Wednesday. “It really looked like a war zone, like a bomb […]
‘It’s A Carnage’: Trump Compares Ukraine War To World War II Atrocities
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday likened the ongoing war in Ukraine to the most devastating conflict since World War II in his first press conference since taking office. President Trump said he is committed to stopping a “horrific” war between Ukraine and Russia. meanwhile, press conferencePresident Trump said the situation was dire, pointing out the […]
NYC retail leasing shows signs of rebound after COVID carnage
It may be too early to pop the champagne cork, but Manhattan's massive retail leasing industry is showing strong signs of ending the pandemic carnage. Even before anyone had heard of COVID-19, online shopping reduced demand for brick-and-mortar stores by perhaps 10%. The lockdown made things even worse. Readers of this column know that we […]
Campaigns, not carnage: Political violence has no place in America
On July 8, President Joe Biden said “It's time to put Trump at the center of the target,” the group's supporters said. Five days later, President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Rally-goer Corey Comperatore was tragically killed. On Sunday at 2:25 p.m., the Trump campaign Announced After gunfire […]
Eye-opening carnage at The Open leaves players struggling, fans drooling during 1st round
The first round of the British Open saw a wide variety of scores. Shane Lowry shot a respectable 5-under 66 in tough conditions. Justin Thomas was 3-under, while many other players finished in the high 70s. The afternoon group had much better weather than the morning group, but American golf fans who woke up at […]
British Open 2024: 2nd round weather calls for more carnage, frustration, 30 mph gusts
What’s the biggest story after the first round of the British Open on Thursday? Scotland’s summer weather. A strong southerly wind played havoc with players all day at Royal Troon. Temperatures were in the low 60s and occasional nasty drizzle didn’t help. All of this combined to produce a first-round scoring average of 74.45, a […]
Golf Talk Today: U.S. Open Rd. 2 Tee Times, Pinehurst causes carnage
Welcome to Playing Through’s new morning ritual: Golf Talk Today. Each morning on “Golf Talk Today,” our staff discusses various elements of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf and more. The 124th U.S. Open is Friday, and the tee times for the second round are below, but let’s also discuss just how much damage Pinehurst […]
Scenes of carnage from Maine mass shooting revealed in document release | Maine shootings
Thousands of pages of documents from the Maine Department of Public Safety released Friday contain a detailed account of the chaos and carnage surrounding the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Officers arrived at the scenes of two shootings in Lewiston last October to find surviving and dead victims lying on the floor, not knowing if the […]