The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Dogs bark, ducks quack, and populists offer free stuff. Enrique Pena Nieto dispensed around 10 million TV sets to low-income Mexican households. Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelans steeply discounted refrigerators, air conditioning units, and, again, TV sets. In Argentina, Evita Peron would personally hand out children’s toys, sewing machines, clothes, and kitchenware. None of these (for once […]
During Donald Trump’s first run for the presidency, China, the economic behemoth that was gutting America’s manufacturing base and flexing its muscles in East Asia, was his favorite punching bag. Yet as Trump was seeking to reclaim the presidency after four years in the political wilderness, his new foreign target was much closer to home: […]
The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which recently produced a chart categorizing hard work, self-reliance, and the nuclear family as attributes of whiteness, describes Juneteenth as “our country’s second Independence Day.” Unfortunately, some news media outlets have followed suit. The United States is one nation with one people, and we […]
“There are several plain reasons why President Trump has been vocally supportive of Israel’s mission in Iran so far,” explains Commentary’s Seth Mandel.
For decades, religious affiliation across the West had been in free-fall. However, recent developments suggest that post-pandemic, Gen Z is leading the charge to amend things. According to a recent report from the Bible Society, 16% of 18–24 year olds in the United Kingdom now attend church monthly — a notable rise from just 4% in […]
Adriana Smith, who was declared brain dead in February while nine weeks pregnant, gave birth this week to a baby boy named Chance, ending a murky ethical situation in which Smith was kept on life support on the premise that her unborn child could survive. According to Smith’s mother, April Newkirk, Chance is expected to […]
To understand why liberals continue to dominate American culture despite being bludgeoned in the political arena, consider two recent creative properties. The first is Good Night, and Good Luck, the Broadway play starring George Clooney. It tells the story of the 1950s Red Scare and the media’s opposition to Sen. Joe McCarthy. Good Night, and […]
Juneteenth traces to Union Gen. Gordon Granger’s June 19, 1865, order freeing Texas' remaining slaves. But let's not treat black history and black life...
