Category: march

Book Review: ‘March to the Majority’

As a boy growing up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Newt Gingrich was very fond of animals. When he was able, he enjoyed visiting the Philadelphia Zoo. At age 11, he decided that Harrisburg needed its own zoo. Wildwood Park in Harrisburg was a natural location for a zoo and the State of Pennsylvania could build and…


LIVE 11:45 AM ET: Pro-Life Groups March in DC to Mark One Year Since Overturning of Roe V. Wade

Pro-life groups from all over the country march in Washington, D.C., at 10:45 a.m. ET on June 24 to mark one year since Roe v. Wade was overturned. …


Pro-Life Groups March in DC to Mark One Year Since Overturning of Roe V. Wade

Pro-life groups from all over the country march in Washington, D.C., at 10:45 a.m. ET on June 24 to mark one year since Roe v. Wade was overturned. …


Michigan State Muscles Past USC 72–62 in March Madness

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Upset with the officials and his team’s defense, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo angrily snapped a white board in half during a timeout. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo reacts to a call in the second half of a first-round college basketball game against Southern California in the NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, on…


The Sprinter Season is Upon Us

Did you know that the month of March has been renamed “Sprinter”? Well, at least it should be. This is a transition month between spring and winter that has several features all its own. It is the time of the biggest transition in temperature in the shortest length of time each year. The meteorologists say…


Elon Musk Says to Attempt Starship Launch in March

SpaceX may attempt a Starship rocket system launch in March, its billionaire chief Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday. “If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a Starship launch next month,” Musk said, in a response to a user’s tweet about Starship. Musk had in January said that there was a “real…


Brussels at Near-Standstill as Cost-of-Living March Draws 70,000

BRUSSELS—Around 70,000 Belgian workers marched through Brussels on Monday demanding government action to tackle sharply rising living costs, as one-day strikes at Brussels Airport and on local transport networks nationwide brought public travel to a near-halt. Protesters carried flags and banners reading “More respect, higher wages” and “End excise duty,” while some set off flares….


German Inflation Rises More Than Expected in March

BERLIN—German annual inflation rose more than expected in March as prices of natural gas and mineral oil products soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, preliminary data showed on Wednesday. Consumer prices, harmonized to make them comparable with inflation data from other European Union countries (HICP), rose 7.6 percent on the year after 5.5 percent in…


Japan’s Record $940 Billion Budget Set for Parliament Approval in March

TOKYO—A key Japanese parliamentary committee on Monday approved the government’s record $940 billion initial spending plan for the next fiscal year, setting the stage for the budget’s full passage through the legislature in March. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is counting on the budget to pull the world’s third-largest economy out of the COVID-19-induced doldrums with…


Honda Says Domestic Output Capacity Reduced Until March

TOKYO—Honda Motor said on Thursday that two of its domestic manufacturing sites will operate at 90 percent of capacity until early March due to a shortage of semiconductors. Honda’s Saitama factory and two production lines at its Suzuka plant will see their production capacity cut by about 10 percent at least until early March, hit…