If not for one momentous decision in 1976, Mississippi’s Clarke Reed would be considered one of the great heroes of the Republican Party renaissance of the latter 20th century. The reality that he spent his last 48 years detested by a swath of Reaganite activists should not obscure his larger contributions to the cause. Journalist-historian […]

Though Stanley Tucci is a Hollywood A-lister, starring alongside Ralph Fiennes in this year’s Oscar-contending Conclave, for instance, and in crowd pleasers such as the Hunger Games films, he has cooked up a public persona somehow more associated with food than acting. Tucci has honed a character as a famous epicure that rivals the ones […]

A senior federal employee lamented to me recently about work fights he has with lawyers. It would be bad enough if these pitted him against attorneys launching lawsuits against his department, but it’s not.  His diurnal conflicts are with lawyers on his own side. They constantly press him not to go ahead with one innovation […]

CNN suffered a huge setback in a Florida court on Dec. 9 when a state judge denied the network’s efforts to dismiss a case against a Navy veteran who helped civilians flee the country in the final days of President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Zachary Young was running a security consulting company in […]

Last year, the Economist warned that “Javier Milei would be a danger for democracy in Argentina” on the eve of his election. Twelve months on, that global voice of “Sensible Centrism” has changed its tune: “Javier Milei’s reforms hold lessons for the world.” You can see its point. In his first year, the Argentine president […]

Penny and Neely were brought together in an encounter that neither man should have been required to manage.

A mayor in New Jersey recently slammed White House national security spokesperson John Kirby for seemingly brushing off potential threats from unidentified drones that have been spotted more frequently over the Garden State, calling it "ridiculous." “I have to tell you, that's incredulous. I'm incredulous about that. That is ridiculous,” Sam Morris, the mayor of...

Who else could have competed for the prestigious title?  

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) weighed in on the uptick of unidentified drone sightings in his home state, saying he is "concerned." “I’m concerned, I issued a letter to ask for more information, I think there should be a lot more transparency about it,” Booker told reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill. Senators from New York and...

Bankrate found nearly 59% of U.S. adults are uncomfortable with the amount in their emergency fund.