It was a typical school day in December 1995. I was teaching fifth grade. The topic was the Constitutional Convention. Fifteen minutes into the lesson, it was clear that...
An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
President Trump on Sunday posted a map of New Mexico labeled "New America" following the spread of a since-debunked online hoax claiming he had signed an executive order renaming the state. The map Trump shared on Truth Social showed a large "X" over "Mexico" in the state's name, with the word "America" labeled below it....
At least five people are dead following an Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami-Dade County officials confirmed Sunday afternoon. The airplane overran the airport's runway at around 2 p.m., according to airport officials. The fatal crash initially caused a complete ground stop at MIA, though two of its four runways are...
President Trump on Sunday announced that the White House helipad — which was redone at his request last month — has been completed. Trump posted a photo on Truth Social of former President Eisenhower on the White House lawn before departing in an Air Force H-13J helicopter in July 1957, becoming the first U.S. president...
President Donald Trump announced plans last month to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and deploy National Guard troops across the District of Columbia. He vowed to combat crime and “restore the beauty” of Washington. Trump told reporters that the district’s homicide rate topped that of some of the world’s most dangerous cities, […]
There was a running joke after President Donald Trump appeared in public after internet ghouls buzzed about his supposed untimely demise. The Associated Press sent out an X post with video proof of life accompanied by the text, “Trump says social media conspiracies about his death were wrong.” Various online wags, in homage to how […]
We stand today at a pivotal crossroad in the war in Gaza. The war could either end or linger for an unspecified duration, leading to more catastrophic consequences. The ceasefire proposal on the table, proposed by Egypt and Qatar, can save the region from further bloodshed and pave the way for healing. The proposal offers […]
The Jeffrey Epstein saga has become a real-life true crime drama that not only never ends, but has started to consume the very people responsible for its survival, with the latest chapter serving as a reminder that the conspiracy wing of Make America Great Again has learned absolutely nothing from its mistakes. With Rep. Thomas […]
In the last three presidential cycles, the country has selected an elderly candidate to lead the nation. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this, it’s foolish to think age won’t have a serious effect on a presidential term. During Joe Biden‘s administration, his age was downplayed by a mainstream media eager to do his […]
Despite recent peace talks around the Russia-Ukraine conflict receiving wall-to-wall news coverage, it’s important to remember that China remains America’s top geopolitical threat. While a ceasefire in Europe is welcome, U.S. officials and policymakers need to keep their eye on the ball. Otherwise, we could be caught flat-footed. Restoring shipbuilding capabilities, replenishing munitions stockpiles, and continuing to […]
Riot police clashing with demonstrators in Belgrade and other cities have defined Serbia’s turbulent summer. What began last November as a product of anger over corruption and collapsing infrastructure has become a broader protest movement against Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s rule. Students are demanding free elections and accountability, but the government has responded with riot […]
When President Donald Trump announced an executive order last month to prosecute those who burned the American flag, he reignited an intraconservative argument about First Amendment protections and Supreme Court precedent. On Aug. 25, the president proudly unveiled a new order called “Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag.” According to the president, the order was […]
The 2025 college football season got underway with a highly entertaining and hard-fought battle in Dublin last month, featuring the Iowa State Cyclones outlasting the Kansas State Wildcats 24-21. These two Big 12 schools have played each other every year since 1917 in a game known as Farmageddon, a tribute to the two schools’ well-known […]
Unless you are a major Sinophile or one of those wayward souls who monitor box office receipts like day traders monitor the Japanese futures market (ahem), you likely haven’t heard of the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Ne Zha 2, an animated partial retelling of the 16th-century Chinese folk novel Investiture of the Gods, […]
I could fill a whole article with stories. The time a manager locked the front door at a sprint lest a tour bus swamp us a minute before closing. The time a young black co-worker startled everyone by refusing to “wait on [her] own kind.” The time I stole a sausage patty from a customer’s […]
Notwithstanding its title, Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore’s new book, We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, is not a history of the Constitution but of constitutional amendments — that is, of efforts to change the Constitution. And the reason that the subject interests her is that she doesn’t think […]
Before it was swamped by weird and lurid images, bizarre and titillating video clips, and offensive or obscurantist memes, the internet produced what may be the final flowering of literary culture. Emails, forum threads, blogs, and even tweets and status updates were mostly text. More writing was produced in the early years of the 21st […]
Josh Naylor weighs 235 pounds and runs with a sprint speed of 24.5 feet per second, ranking 532nd out of 546 measured MLB players. He’s built like a beer-league softball cleanup hitter, the kind of stocky first baseman who looks like he should be managing a car dealership, not stealing bases. And yet, in his […]
