David Letterman compared Johnny Carson to a “public utility.” Walter Cronkite anointed him the “most durable performer in the whole history of television.” An “OK” hand signal from behind Carson’s desk (“a gesture from God,” according to Richard Belzer) could make or break a comic’s career. I’ve been told by comedy podcasts that Carson had […]
Every society has a place that is viewed as a toxic haven of immorality. Many in the United States try to point to combat sports, rap music, or video games as the biggest culprit, when in fact, America’s wretched hive of scum and villainy is actually Columbia University. Nestled in the bastion of morality and […]
In 2022, the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu unveiled a monument of Col. John Pennycuick in his English hometown of Camberley. The inscription described him in characteristically Indian English flourish as “a noble man of sacrifice,” which sounds extravagant until one considers that, even today, families in the region hang his portrait […]
Somehow, even after the past few decades of secularization, a significant portion of the country still believes we would all be better off if Americans were even less religious. A new and extreme understanding of “separation of church and state” has taken hold, which prescribes that anything touched by the government must never mention God. […]
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cannot be condoned in any way. The reaction to his killing, with some on the Left expressing pleasure at the appalling crime, has been shocking. The incident nevertheless highlights the utter failure of former President Barack Obama to resolve public dissatisfaction with the nation’s healthcare system with his […]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey over the past few weeks, and most recently in Connecticut, should be “shot down, if necessary."
The White House on Thursday announced what it called the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia, detailing more than 100 steps federal officials are taking to curb hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans.
A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground's 2020 election.