The Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton once said, “A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.” Chesterton died in 1936, but might as well have been referring to today’s ongoing debate around whether or not biological males can or should play in women’s sports. Earlier […]
A student at Vanderbilt University, while World War I rages, Roy Young has his whole life ahead of him. More than this, he appears to have his life mapped out. After finishing his studies, he intends to return to Ewer’s Rock, Virginia, and successfully modernize and manage his family’s farm. He also expects to marry […]
I have never been especially drawn to landmarks. Battlefield plaques, preserved taverns, roadside markers — I understand the appeal, and I have stopped for a few. But they have always seemed less like history than tombstones: fragments of a past life that meant far more to those who erected them than to those who pause […]
The world is an oligarchic place these days. While the relentless rise in international travel has diminished the traditional exclusivity of some early jet-set destinations, there have emerged several geographic poles where it is increasingly difficult for the common man to gain true access. These include Monaco, Swiss ski resorts such as Gstaad and St. […]
The best indicator of the waning influence of the WASP is that most people no longer know who the term refers to. Stripped to its barest terms, “white Anglo-Saxon Protestant” could mean anyone from an Appalachian bootlegger to a recently naturalized citizen who grew up in the Cotswolds. But these disparate figures, while white, of […]
This week, on a Zoom call with some colleagues, I told the group that I have been traveling around Europe and the Caucasus since May. One of my colleagues responded with a flattering shout. Wow! she said. You’re not just a tourist, you’re a traveler! Which was gratifying, of course, but also made a complicated […]
Teachers unions suffered yet another deserved but embarrassing defeat this week. In Arizona, the state Supreme Court found that not only did unions fail to submit enough valid signatures to get their anti-school-choice proposition on the fall ballot, but they also broke the law by hiring felons to collect signatures. This is just the latest […]
Only Los Angeles could spend billions fighting homelessness, watch tents swallow sidewalks and parks, and then decide the city has been too aggressive keeping...
