Alice Cooper is a rock ’n’ roll oddity. If you’re at all familiar with his macabre onstage persona, the notion that he’s not normal even by the standards of rock stars seems obvious enough. What’s not so obvious is the way his cultural influence has been felt. What makes him a true oddity is that […]
Somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, I am writing these words on my way to Israel, thinking about a journey that was supposed to take place nearly 60 years ago. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned to lead thousands of black Americans on a historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Six-Day War disrupted […]
A nobleman lures his drunken rival into catacombs where he walls him up for all eternity. A recluse in a “mansion of gloom” entombs his living, breathing sister in a vault. A lunatic who insists he is sane kills and dismembers an old man, and only confesses to his crime when he purports to hear […]
Nearly five years after his death in 2022 at age 80, Neal Adams is finally getting his due — or starting to. That he didn’t live to see this reflects elitist disdain for the artist’s chosen medium as well as the idiosyncratic decisions Adams made in the years when he enjoyed primary custodianship over his […]
Democrat trifectas in key swing states could push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past 270 electoral votes needed to activate it and thus change the way Americans select the presidency.
Not only did Democrats regain control of both chambers of Congress in the mid-term election, they did also by jamming a radical spear into the heart of the GOP elephant, a spear wielded by the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA found itself high-stepping over the elephant corpse on its sought-after goal of smashing capitalism […]
Almost 60% of Californians believe their state is heading in the wrong direction. Yet voters again gave the Democratic Party total power in the state to continue its decadeslong mismanagement. It is hard to blame only Democratic leadership for California’s woes when voters themselves pass ballot propositions that repeat the mistakes that have put the […]
The trajectory of education policy in a trio of historically red states is about to see a major shakeup after voters there elected Democratic governors for the first time in decades. For years, positions on school choice, LGBTQ topics in classrooms and efforts either for or against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have expanded cultural...
On the heels of their resounding victories in the midterms, Democrats are preparing to take President Trump’s tariffs head-on as part of their pledge to lower the cost of living. The tariffs, a central part of Trump’s economic agenda dating to his first term, were a frequent target for Democratic lawmakers and candidates on the...
