Kevin HeffernanFive Reasons to Let It All Out the Next Time You YawnYawning gets a bad rap. Many people view a yawn as an unconscious display of boredom, or exhaustion, or both. As such, many of us try to…May 23, 2018May 23, 2018
Kevin HeffernaninFourth Turning DispatchesNobody Wants to Admit It But The US is Already Fighting a (Proxy) Ground War with Russia and IranAs things in Syria continue to get more complicated and Trump prepares to scrap American commitment to Iranian denuclearization, it’s worth…May 5, 2018May 5, 2018
Kevin HeffernaninFourth Turning DispatchesRussian Suffering and Vladimir Putin’s Origin StoryAs America edges closer to a potential military confrontation with Vladimir Putin and Russia, it’s worth noting that we’re dealing with a…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Kevin HeffernanThe Virtues of DarknessA little over two weeks ago, Rick Perry announced that the United States’ Department of Energy would conduct a major investigation into the…May 4, 2017May 4, 2017
Kevin HeffernaninFourth Turning DispatchesSh*t Just Got Real for President TrumpDonald Trump just received one of those unhappy reminders this week that life is not a reality television show. While the Commander in…Apr 6, 2017Apr 6, 2017
Kevin HeffernaninFourth Turning DispatchesThe Absurdity of the Idea of “Eradicating” TerrorismDonald Trump says he wants to form a coalition that will wipe out terrorism from the face of the Earth. In light of what just happened in…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Kevin HeffernaninFourth Turning DispatchesThe Anti-Environmentalist Running the EPAMar 10, 2017Mar 10, 2017
Kevin HeffernanThe King’s SpeechOn the 26 of October, 1775, British Parliament convened to discuss what they were beginning to call, “the American problem.”Aug 10, 2016Aug 10, 2016
Kevin Heffernanin1776: The Drumbeat to War“You Are Now My Enemy”: The Rage of Ben Franklin, 1775If there’s a surviving document from the Revolution that most epitomizes the raw emotion Americans felt towards their friends and family in…Jul 9, 2016Jul 9, 2016
Kevin Heffernanin1776: The Drumbeat to WarJohn Adams Gushes to Abby on the Eve of American IndependenceContinental Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, two days before it announced the final version of…Jul 8, 2016Jul 8, 2016
