The promise to love and cherish in good times and bad represents more than a laudable sentiment: It can restore the pillar of permanence to marriage that even society’s divorce-angst clouds can’t rain on.
Whether the proceedings ultimately will be seen as open and transparent will depend in large part on whether the heretofore secret proceedings are disclosed. Significantly, the resolution allows for that, but does not require it.
Turkish-backed forces are moving into a string of villages, along the Khabur River, that provided refuge for Assyrian Christians who fled Turkey over a hundred years ago.
The last thing a patient needs after getting hit by a surprise medical bill is to face a complex, confusing “arbitration” process. Congress can protect patients from surprise bills and lower costs by avoiding arbitration.
