Ah, Belgium. The country of fries, chocolate, Kevin De Bruyne and, some might say, chronic political division.
Beyond Brussels, a mighty international melting pot, the country is split between...
My dean denied a routine travel-funding request. That’s hardly headline news — until you see what she approves. My university funds LGBTQIA+ activism and an entire “Center for Justice.” But when a Jewish law professor gets invited to testify before the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on religious discrimination and campus antisemitism, the system […]
The history of American protest music and how it has intersected with politics is the subject of a fascinating new book, On the Record: Music that Changed America, by Anna Harwell Celenza. Each chapter examines a historical period in which music intersected with politics, sometimes even inspiring legislation. It includes the histories of both “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Lift […]
Women in the political arena can be a very potent transformative force. I know this firsthand from almost 50 years in the challenging field of politics. In this long odyssey, the women who changed me — who changed how I understand leadership, sacrifice, and what it means to fight for freedom — are mostly unsung […]
When I first moved to the United States from the United Kingdom in 2013, I was inundated with a long list of American quirks I had to navigate, enjoy, and attempt to understand. I became convinced that air conditioning was the best invention known to mankind and that portion sizes and free refills made eating […]
American foreign policy is again being tested by regimes that censor, jail, and kill to stay in power. President Ronald Reagan had a bold vision to anticipate a response to these atrocities. He believed that strong citizens, not just strong states, would shape the future. One hundred and fifteen years since his birth, that idea […]
"Respectfully, f--k off." Those words by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson, Izzy Gardon, summed up the current race to the bottom of American politics.
Democratic Socialists aim to tax-to-the-max for ideological reasons; unions are motivated by greed, and as it turns out, labor’s been a driving force behind...
