The struggle against ideologies that seek to divide America advances in fits and starts. This month we saw great progress in the introduction of a bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates throughout the federal government. But it was a different story a week later when lawmakers were lobbing rhetorical softballs at the DEI-loving […]
Artificial intelligence will give us richer lives and shorter working days. I might have said the same about all previous technological advances, though they, too, were decried at the time as harbingers of mass unemployment. In the event, they all elevated the human condition for the same reason that AI will. Let’s leave aside, for […]
After decades of war, the United States is pivoting away from the Middle East, gearing itself for great power competition with China and Russia. But recent events bring to mind Al Pacino’s famous line from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” And […]
On Sept. 24, 1950, journalist Edward Hunter published a sensational report in the Miami News about the indoctrination techniques used by Soviet and Chinese communists. In it, he coined the term “brainwashing,” a loose translation of phrasing he claimed to have heard used by Chinese prisoners of war captured in Korea. He followed the article […]
Even though I’m a religious person, I’ve always had a soft spot for a certain kind of cantankerous atheist. And although I’d never let myself be yoked with an unbeliever, I’ve always had a bit of an “older man” crush on Bill Maher. Maybe it’s the way his eyes crease when he tells a particularly […]
Mankind invented baseball in the 18th century, and the two major baseball leagues created Major League Baseball in 1903. It wasn’t until 1931 that God made the perfect baseball player, Willie Howard Mays. A few weeks past his 20th birthday, Mays made his major league debut for the New York Giants in Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. […]
For the latter half of the 20th century, the Baltimore Orioles were among the elite in the sport. Almost from the time that the team moved to Baltimore from St. Louis before the 1954 season, it became one of the signature teams in the major leagues. It wasn’t the most dominant nor was it the […]
With primary provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire come 2025, either President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump will face a showdown in Congress to extend the tax cuts or let them die. But the former president has reportedly teased a plan to entirely sidestep this dilemma over his […]
A key sign that your civilization has descended from a First World nation to a Third World nation is when your government not only can’t build new infrastructure but can’t stop citizens from cannibalizing the existing infrastructure. So it is with Los Angeles, California, and its Sixth Street Bridge. First built in 1932, the Sixth […]
Birthdays, for some reason, are opportunities for the people in your life to dig up old photographs of you and post them on social media. This is meant to be playful and affectionate — a gentle sort of reminder about how time passes and skin loosens, especially around the face and jaws — and mostly […]
California may be the only state where Democrats can hold lavish fundraisers with elitist celebrities while crime has become so bad that even Secret Service agents aren’t safe. President Joe Biden got to party with celebrities to raise money for his campaign all while California’s criminal policies put the people who protect Biden at risk. […]
President Joe Biden wants voters to believe it is Donald Trump who would cut taxes for his friends at the expense of other members of the public who are not so well connected. But when you look at Biden’s tax plan, especially to raise corporate taxes selectively, it becomes clear that he, not the former […]
Jean de Brébeuf is a patron saint of Canada, a title bestowed upon the 17th century Jesuit missionary by Pope Pius XII on Oct. 16, 1940. Brébeuf had previously been canonized as one of North America’s first saints by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930. A New York Times account of the latter event […]
Last month, The Washington Post reported darkly that the Israeli government had shut down the Al Jazeera network’s operations in Israel because of its...
