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Marriage in the age of autonomy

Marriage is a natural institution. But that doesn’t mean it comes easily. It involves sacrificing for others. That’s a problem in this age where our elites hold individual autonomy as a lodestar, which makes things tricky for a liberal media advice columnist. At Vox, a site that tells progressive millennial and Generation Z elites how […]

Pope Francis saw the plague of alienation

The late Pope Francis was the least favorite pope of American conservatives. In 2020, when Francis published an encyclical a month before the U.S. election, he seemed to be playing to his part as “the liberal Pope.” The encyclical envisioned a world “without borders,” sang of a “universal brotherhood,” and called mankind “children of the […]

AI makes a fraudulent mark in education

Artificial intelligence is taking over education in all kinds of interesting and innovative ways, and not all of them are positive. Scammers are enrolling AI bots in online courses at California community colleges, with the bots staying in the class just long enough to receive state and federal financial aid. The phenomenon has popped up […]

Delusions of grandeur: How presidents misread mandates and miss their moments

Successful 21st-century presidential candidates present a bold blueprint for how they would govern, but the most successful recent presidents govern with humility. It is a vexing paradox, one that the last two commanders in chief have struggled to wrap their heads around. In 2020, Joe Biden won the White House largely on the promise of […]

Renaissance man Trump helps Italians make Columbus Day great again

It’s a dreary spring day in New York, with clouds hiding the skyline. Raindrops, puddles, and a cool evening temperature make walking around the Big Apple unenjoyable — that is, until arriving at Cipriani’s 42nd Street. Walking in was like entering the wardrobe to go to Narnia. The gloomy night was replaced by the aura […]

Lowell launches firm for those ‘unlawfully and inappropriately targeted’ by Trump

Attorney Abbe Lowell is striking out to launch a new law firm dedicated to representing “those facing politicized investigations” and other legal actions from the Trump administration. Lowell, a longtime white collar defense attorney, has represented figures on both sides of the aisle, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump as well as Hunter Biden. The...

DHS pushes back against claims of immigration enforcement at elementary schools

The Department of Homeland Security said ICE and HSI agents seen at elementary schools in recent months have not been there to conduct immigration enforcement.

Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’

President Trump announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" and Nov. 11 as World War I "Victory Day," stating that we are "going to start celebrating our victories again."

Ken Burns’s The American Revolution seeks to unite Americans during 250th anniversary of brutal conflict for independence

In a large ballroom in Williamsburg, Virginia, representatives from around the nation gathered to talk about revolution. With the 250th anniversary of our nation’s battle for independence soon to commence, planners of the American Revolution 250 Commission were discussing how to reignite common cause in Americans through the mechanism of our fight for nationhood. It […]

Spelling trouble: Review of ‘Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell’ by Gabe Henry

How can it be that “laughter” and “daughter” not only don’t rhyme but don’t sound remotely alike? What about “tomb,” “bomb,” and “comb”? Meanwhile, “liar” and “choir,” which couldn’t look more different, do rhyme. How and why is the English language so messed up? And why haven’t we done anything about it? In Enough is […]

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