I am always on the lookout for historians who can fashion well-worn stories from the past into sparkling new dramas filled with cliffhangers and near-catastrophes that keep me turning pages in taut expectation of an outcome decided centuries ago. Author Scott Ellsworth provides just that in Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the […]
Part of being a student — even an old one, like me — is spending time in the library. As I write this, I am sitting in the Firestone Library at Princeton University, looking up at a wall festooned with names of honored, illustrious alumni and super-rich donors, two categories that do not always, or […]
Godzilla has terrorized the Land of the Rising Sun for decades. Known as a kaiju (monster) in Japan, and King of the Monsters in the United States, Godzilla’s fearsome roar and atomic breath is a child’s nightmare come to life. It’s fought with and against other gigantic creatures. It’s struck fear in the hearts of […]
Until it closed last year, Monarch Novelties was the only souvenir store in Washington, D.C., that sold campaign memorabilia exclusive to the three presidential elections of the 1960s. The store was an oddity, a decaying building on 14th Street that, for more than 80 years, trafficked in eccentricities: not just Kennedy– and Nixon-era nostalgia but […]
Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which brings us to a phenomenon in the Army I’ll call the Hardcore Paradox: Soldiers enjoy comfort and dislike pain, stress, and […]
Senate Democrats pursue candidates like Roy Cooper and Sherrod Brown while facing competitive primaries in Michigan and Texas for 2026 midterm battle for the chamber's majority.
Trump administration reverses former President Joe Biden's "last-minute" approval of Lava Ridge Wind Project, halting what would have been one of America's largest on-shore wind farms.
GSA announces OpenAI partnership bringing ChatGPT to federal workforce at nominal cost, supporting Trump administration's goal to win the global AI race.
Rep. Kevin Kiley introduced a bill to block states from redrawing congressional maps before the 2030 census, as California and Texas lead states threatening mid-decade redistricting efforts.
1993—In a harbinger of nominations to come, President Clinton’s first batch of nominees to the federal courts of appeals includes Tennessee supreme court justice,...
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn announces bid for Tennessee governor, seeking "to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader," according to a press release
Texas Democrats are get financial support from a Soros-backed group and Beto O'Rourke's organization after leaving state to prevent a redistricting vote.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin develops satellite weapons capable of intercepting missiles in space to support Trump's Golden Dome defense shield initiative.
