Opinion

The Pew Research Center published a new report last week on the cohort affectionately known as “DINKs,” which stands for “dual income, no kids.” Pew’s analysis defined DINKs as having at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s, two incomes, and no children. DINKs account for 12% of married couples in the United States, a percentage […]

Something that isn’t discussed much about the Democrats’ 43-day shutdown of Washington is that it demonstrated their scant interest in government as distinct from their insatiable hunger for tactical leverage and power. It’s obvious on one level that people who stop a government from functioning aren’t interested in government. But there are details beneath the […]

Serbia and Russia are lobbying frantically for a reprieve from U.S. sanctions on Serbia’s oil and gas company, NIS, which Washington targeted due to its majority Russian ownership. Belgrade and Moscow intend to send the U.S. Treasury Department a letter asking for an exemption, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Monday. Days earlier, Belgrade adopted legislation removing legal roadblocks […]

The country of Georgia deepened its authoritarian turn last week after charging eight opposition figures with “sabotage,” “calling for the overthrow of the government,” and “helping a foreign country in hostile activities,” a reference to links with the United States. Many of the country’s politicians, along with roughly 70 other opponents of its government, are already […]

If you are a member of Generation X or above, you are probably aware that sports betting apps exist, and you might even be aware that they are causing a wave of bankruptcies and financial hardship nationwide, particularly for young men. But you are most likely unaware of just how different sports app gambling is […]

The debate about political polarization often inevitably devolves into finger-pointing from both sides about how polarizing their opponents are. And yet, only one side routinely has bizarre stories about how it has cut off relationships with family members who have different politics. That side is the liberals, who otherwise wail about tolerance and diversity. Jimmy […]

You probably didn’t know that GQ‘s now infamous interview with Sydney Sweeney is the product of a 3,000-word cover story for the print edition of the men’s magazine. That doesn’t matter because in this case, the picture — a side-by-side of a perfectly serene and stoic Sweeney next to the mousy and middle-aged interviewer whose […]

The economist and public intellectual Thomas Sowell turned 95 years old in June. Outside of national politicians and high-profile celebrities, few public figures are as well-known inside the halls of academia as they are outside of them. It is rare for an academic to achieve this status, but considering that Thomas Sowell is exceptional in […]

Before Fleetwood Mac released its third album, singer Stevie Nicks became pregnant. But, as she shared in a recently resurfaced interview, she chose to have an abortion. “It would’ve destroyed Fleetwood Mac,” she claimed by way of justifying her decision. Women in 21st-century America have perhaps more opportunity than any of their ancestors before them, […]

It’s hard to imagine a more fitting start to a global climate conference than the lights going out. But that is what happened during the opening ceremony of the United Nations COP30 talks in Brazil. The event sank further into chaos when indigenous protesters broke through the security perimeter and U.N. staff had to be […]

Western liberalism is evidently so free of real hardship that its otherwise comfortably spoiled adherents will fake martyrdom just to seem interesting. See: Stephen Colbert, whose cross to bear is that CBS will no longer pay him an estimated $15 million per year to host a failing show. See also author Margaret Atwood, whose book, […]

In The Land Trap, Mike Bird of The Economist has given us something a little unexpected. It’s a history of land ownership and its consequences that spans several centuries and multiple continents. Sure, readers encounter some trendy topics from the worlds of real estate and housing policy — bubbles, crashes, the failure of modern big […]

In the annals of boxing’s greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. They each had Irish backgrounds, were ring-savvy, had real punching power, and rarely lost. Their two titanic battles were highly anticipated events in the Roaring Twenties.   Even though nearly a century has passed since they fought, […]

In Jack Carr’s outstanding series of thrillers featuring the fictional former Navy SEAL and intelligence operative James Reece, there are several mentions of and passages about Reece’s father, Thomas Reece, a CIA officer and former Navy SEAL who served in Vietnam. The latest entry, Cry Havoc, puts Tom Reece front and center in the action […]