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.
The government of Qatar surprised President Trump with the release of the last American-born hostage, Edan Alexander, 21, from Hamas captivity, while making his...
President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed to the terms of a deal that would prevent Tehran from making nuclear weapons, a goal Mr. Trump has prioritized during every stop of his meetings with Middle Eastern allies this week.
The House Budget Committee may postpone a Friday meeting to package the pieces of President Trump's agenda into the promised "one big, beautiful bill."
Few 20th-century American novels are more widely celebrated than Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God. The work, which traces a Southern black woman’s odyssey through poverty and difficult marriages toward self-understanding, has been praised by countless scholars and writers, was adapted into a television film starring Halle Berry and produced by […]
Even during the lockdown, my village pub was the heart of the community. Banned by law from opening its doors, it sold fish and chips through a hatch. When the rules on meeting outdoors were relaxed a little, it organized markets in its beer garden where villagers could buy homemade cakes and jams and, above […]
When candidates for political office need a reboot, most campaigns turn to the consultant class. But during the 2024 presidential contest, former President Joe Biden ought to have excavated the archives of the Onion. Last year, Biden’s image as a slumberous, easily dumbfounded senior citizen could only have been helped by the Onion‘s legendary fictitious […]