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 […]
Venezuelan migrant Daniel Hernandez Martinez, 30, is the latest “poster boy” for Team Biden-Harris and Democrats' refusal to enforce law after law after futile...
“Think before you post.” That’s the chilling message that was just posted from social media accounts affiliated with the United Kingdom’s government. Amid the riots and civil unrest in the streets of Britain that were initially sparked by anti-immigration protesters, the posts warned citizens not directly involved in the uprisings that they too could face […]
Three weeks have passed since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race over deteriorating physical and mental abilities, and yet hasn't publicly...
The stock market has since undone much of the damage caused by Monday’s sell-off, alleviating concerns of an imminent recession, but economic danger lights are still flashing. The unemployment rate has risen steadily every month since January and is now almost a full point higher than it was last year, consumers overstretched on their credit […]
Volodymyr Zelensky’s gambit is high-risk and high-reward: So long as Ukrainian forces hold Russian lands, Kyiv gains a powerful bargaining chip in any talks...
