The United States is celebrating 250 years of independence from Europe, which allows us to appreciate such things as not dying a death that could be easily prevented by having access to air conditioning. Approaching the beginning of July, France has already seen more than 1,000 excess deaths from heat as a heat wave sweeps […]
In the span of just 120 hours, from June 29 to July 3, we witnessed a cultural occurrence so unprecedented it was almost uncanny: all of the planets in the sports universe aligned. Four-time World Cup-winner Germany lost to Paraguay (Paraguay!). The Netherlands, so often the nearly men of international soccer, fell to Morocco, and […]
How one feels about Apple TV’s new 10-part Cape Fear adaptation will depend largely on whether one buys Javier Bardem’s well-worn tough-guy routine. In 2012’s James Bond movie, Skyfall, the Spaniard played an ex-MI6 agent damaged in body and soul, but he hid his character’s depravity behind a layer of icy politeness. Even the 57-year-old’s […]
The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and other core expressions of our Founders’ beliefs must always define our identity: This is how...
Who really runs California? Most people would answer the same way. Voters elect a governor, legislators, county supervisors, city council members, and school boards,...
On July 8, 2026, outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the National Park Service held a reenactment of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, which occurred exactly 250 years earlier in roughly the same location. Beginning at noon, a crowd of about 150 people gathered, some dressed in 18th-century colonial attire, to […]
Women can now go from an online request for abortion drugs to a completed chemical abortion in a matter of days, often without ever seeing a doctor in person. That speed and anonymity have created obvious dangers. Women such as Rosalie Markezich say abortion pills were obtained in their names, mailed across state lines, and […]
Abdul el Sayed, a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, is the latest progressive to walk back his anti-police rhetoric from 2020. Despite socialists’ wishes to memory-hole the riots during the Black Lives Matter movement, voters must take their past positions seriously. After all, their sudden “maturity” on the topic doesn’t necessarily survive once […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. “History repeats itself,” Karl Marx famously observed, “first as tragedy, second […]
The latest, continuing skirmish between the United States and Iran will be the new norm. Neither country wants a return to war, given that war is highly unlikely to lead to a decisive result in either direction. But Iran’s regional ambitions and anti-Americanism will drive it to keep testing American patience. In turn, President Donald […]
With Graham Platner in Maine, the Democratic Party defended an obviously unfit candidate until the polls indicated that the candidate would be a general election loser, dumped that candidate after he had already won the primary, and then decided to insert its own establishment pick without letting voters have a say. If that sounds familiar, […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a detour to Maine today, in case you want to read even more about Graham Platner. We reckon there is probably good news for the crew that guided his campaign. Democrats are in such a heaving mess that Team Platner will still find takers for their […]
