The best indicator of the waning influence of the WASP is that most people no longer know who the term refers to. Stripped to its barest terms, “white Anglo-Saxon Protestant” could mean anyone from an Appalachian bootlegger to a recently naturalized citizen who grew up in the Cotswolds. But these disparate figures, while white, of […]
This week, on a Zoom call with some colleagues, I told the group that I have been traveling around Europe and the Caucasus since May. One of my colleagues responded with a flattering shout. Wow! she said. You’re not just a tourist, you’re a traveler! Which was gratifying, of course, but also made a complicated […]
Teachers unions suffered yet another deserved but embarrassing defeat this week. In Arizona, the state Supreme Court found that not only did unions fail to submit enough valid signatures to get their anti-school-choice proposition on the fall ballot, but they also broke the law by hiring felons to collect signatures. This is just the latest […]
Former government officials group The Steady State criticizes FBI Director Kash Patel for removing agents, claiming political weaponization of the bureau.
Texas Republican officials have asked California to help arrest the Democratic lawmakers who fled to the West Coast last week, seeking to scuttle GOP plans to pad their numbers in the U.S. House by redrawing the Texas congressional map.
Sen. Bernard Sanders is warning that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach toward destroying Hamas in Gaza has turned the tiny Jewish nation into "almost a pariah state."
Vice President J.D. Vance said the GOP-led push to redraw congressional maps in red states ahead of the midterm elections is a direct response to the way Democrats in blue states have been doing business.
Ukraine seeks inclusion in Trump-Putin Alaska summit while European Commission and NATO leaders emphasize any deal must protect Ukraine's long-term security interests.
Matt Whitaker, the United States ambassador to NATO, said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could end up joining the high-stakes meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
