Next year, the FIFA World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the first time the North American continent will host the world’s premier soccer tournament since 1994. It will also be the first time the tournament is hosted in a nation known for human rights abuses. In 2018, the tournament […]
“Things must change in order to stay the same,” the young aristocrat Tancredi tells his nostalgic uncle Don Fabrizio in The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s 1958 novel of an old family weathering the power struggles of the new Italy in the late 19th century. Lushly adapted by Luchino Visconti in 1963 with Burt Lancaster as Don […]
ANNVILLE, Pennsylvania — When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made her first visit as a Cabinet official to Pennsylvania last month, the jury was still out on the effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on American agriculture. Rollins cautioned people not to overreact as she visited Talview Dairy for a tour. This happened days before Trump […]
An almost forbidden opinion is now finding a voice in the halls of power and influence. When the view is uttered above a whisper, it is derided by feminists, disdained among economists, and ignored by most of the media. But it’s what tens of millions of women believe: Stay-at-home mothers are a good thing. To […]
It’s remarkable to watch Jon Hamm, a decade after the finale of Mad Men aired on May 17, 2015, navigate the treacherous waters of Post-Iconic-Role Syndrome that other actors have drowned in. While the ghosts of Harry Potter and James Bond haunt Daniel Radcliffe’s and Daniel Craig’s subsequent work, Hamm has somehow managed to acknowledge […]
There’s a sad old theme in warfare: boys and young men rush to war expecting adventure, glory, and honor, and prematurely aged and deeply scarred men return and make a futile effort to warn those boys and young men that war is simply hell. Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Mitchel became a part of this cycle […]
One of my writer friends tells a harrowing story about being at an important lunch meeting and suddenly realizing that he’s choking to death. It was one of those meals where everyone else at the table was rich, successful, and intimidating. He was invited along as the guest of one of the participants, and the […]
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...
Former FBI Director James Comey posted an image to Instagram on Thursday - then later took it down - that depicted the number "8647,' which many took as call to assassinate President Trump.
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard denounced ex-FBI Director James Comey for posting an Instagram photo of the numbers "86 47," which has been seen as a threat to Trump.