The late Southern writer Florence King once lamented that “a cornerstone of Western thought that has vanished without a trace is admiration for ancient Sparta.” There are good reasons why this should be so. Yet in the three decades since she penned those words, there has been a resurgence of “laconomania” at the popular and […]
In the old days — we’re talking about the 2010s here — when you boarded a plane, and glanced with envy or disdain at the passengers sinking into their plush First-Class seats, you were looking at an assembly of road warriors. A traveling salesman might be resting his haunches in seat 2C. Your local congressman […]
BRADDOCK, Pa. — In American politics, when negotiating hard deals that involve high risk and the livelihoods of all involved while requiring great compromise, pain is usually shared unequally. The rarest outcome is for all involved to be grateful. Yet that was the overwhelming sentiment expressed by the local union leaders, steel workers, plant managers, and […]
Novelist Maggie O’Farrell always wanted to write the story of her great-great-grandfather, who lived in Ireland and worked for the Ordinance Survey, Britain’s mapping service, in the 1850s. And now she has. Her vivid new novel, Land, features a surveyor and his family who are engulfed in the chaos of the era. These were perilous […]
Is a reading comprehension test racist if fewer black people pass it than white people? Is a pushup requirement sexist if fewer women can pass it than men? For decades, employers have faced the impossible task of identifying objective measures to analyze job applicants while also ensuring the demographics of those who pass those tests […]
The positive impacts of GLP-1s are a reminder of the difficulty of forecasting the countless consequences of some event, innovation, or other development.
President Trump on Thursday restored commercial fishing in three Pacific Ocean marine national monuments, rolling back previous presidents' environmental protections.
Vice President J.D. Vance will appear on ABC's "The View" next Tuesday, his first visit to the daytime talk program, to promote his new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith." The panel is anticipated to question Vance about the administration's priorities and the latest political headlines.
On Sunday, as President Trump marks his 80th year on Earth, he'll set a new bar for presidential parties with professional MMA fights on the White House's South Lawn.
President Trump and Republicans are staring down a defection of independent voters less than five months before the midterm elections that will shape the final two years of his presidency.
President Trump on Thursday nominated U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, teeing up the Senate confirmation process to permanently replace departing DNI Tulsi Gabbard amid bipartisan uproar over his temporary pick.
