Dorothy L. Sayers deserves magnification in our cultural memory. Looking back at the 20th century, one might be unable to imagine a world without C.S. Lewis or T.S. Eliot, but Dorothy L. Sayers? While those luminaries loom large — studied in academic classrooms, quoted in churches across the world, and, in Lewis’s case, the basis […]
As the anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News, Martha MacCallum attends to the stories, momentous and fleeting, that constitute the daily news cycle. As an author, though, MacCallum prefers to focus on the stories from the past that have the capacity to inspire in the present. In 2020, […]
Chad Harbach’s first novel, The Art of Fielding (2011), was one of the most widely praised debuts of its decade, so you can’t blame the author for following up with a book featuring the same setting and many of the same characters. But while his new novel, The Brightness, returns to Westish College in Wisconsin […]
The successful targeting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by a Chinese intelligence service is a big deal. But foremost among U.S. concerns is how this incident underlines China’s unparalleled threat. It is thus absurd that Democrats want to eliminate the House Select Committee on China. Alice Huang was, at least nominally, an executive at Megaspeed, […]
China has failed to engage with the U.S. over the fate of two Americans unjustly detained in the country, despite multiple personal appeals from President Trump and positive signals from Chinese President Xi Jinping. The lack of engagement on the Chinese side is out of character, according to sources close to the cases. The two...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday will honor the Marines who served during the 2021 Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan to mark five years since the deadly bombing. The Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing outside Kabul’s airport killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians as the U.S. carried out its swift withdrawal...
Gas station and travel center chain Buc-ee's said it will seek out “conservative, business friendly” states for new locations after receiving pushback over its decision to go after small business owners with allegedly similar logos. "We have a lot of opportunities. We're growing. We're building in a lot of places, but when you find a...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it disrupted a Chinese hacking operation that targeted its network and other sensitive U.S. agencies. The DOJ said in a statement that it seized hacking platforms “QScan” and “QTRouter,” which were operated by a state-run group employed by Chinese-based firm, Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co. These platforms...
Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, said investor Stanley Druckenmiller did not violate the Journal’s policies when he used artificial intelligence to write an op-ed the outlet published Monday. Gigot noted Tuesday that people use AI, which he called a “fact of modern life,” to “assist in their work and...
President Trump’s administration sent a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow the kingdom to enrich uranium to Congress this week, kick-starting a congressional review process required under the Atomic Energy Act. However, President Trump's retroactive condition for the deal — that it will only move forward if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved a treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering new life-extending care for patients with one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. The once-daily pill, called daraxonrasib and manufactured by Revolution Medicines, will be sold under the brand name Rasonque. It was approved for patients who already tried...
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Wednesday called President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on Canadian imports "irrational." Reich warned in an interview with "Squawk Box" co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC that prices would rise, particularly for housing, as a result of the trade war. "And as Canadian wood products become even more expensive, you're...
United Airlines will add 10 new destinations next year — the largest international expansion in the Chicago-based company’s nearly 100-year history. The airline announced Tuesday that it will introduce nonstop flights to Okinawa, Japan; Toulouse, France; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Marseille, France; Ibiza, Spain; Valencia, Spain; Terceira, Portugal; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Olbia (Sardinia), Italy; and Catania (Sicily),...
A majority of Senate Democrats have signed a Wednesday letter urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the “surge” in violence in the West Bank amid tensions from the Gaza war. The conflict is driven in part by Israeli settlers who are forcefully laying claim to land where Palestinians reside. “Incidents of fatal violence...
President Trump referred to CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia this week as “semi-routine” after the Kremlin confirmed Ratcliffe was in the country to meet intelligence officials. "I hate to disappoint people," Trump told conservative talks show host Glenn Beck on Wednesday. "John Ratcliffe is a fantastic guy. He's the head of the CIA,...
President Trump said in an interview Wednesday that the late country music icon Dolly Parton liked him but was not “a very political person." “She was unique. She was amazing, and to lose her, it’s like losing a member of the family,” Trump told conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. “We all knew her so...
In his reflection on 30 years of patient advocacy, Matthew Zachary argues that the movement must transition from organizing around specific diagnoses to uniting all patients under a single, powerful civic identity.
