Paul Nitze, his biographer James Graham Wilson observes, “crafted a new type of career: national security professional.” For half a century, Nitze served in high roles in American government. His career spanned nearly every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, encompassing the entirety of the Cold War. Highly respected, indeed sometimes feared, by […]
“Laws,” F.A. Hayek wrote, “must be general, equal, and certain.” An open society rests on public confidence in the impartiality of police and courts. Sometimes, that impartiality gives way under stress. It happened, for example, during the pandemic, when anti-lockdown protesters were repressed while Black Lives Matter protesters were indulged, and when 1,200 public health […]
On this, the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon resigning the presidency, forgive some reflections of a personal rather than third-party nature. In the past two days and indeed for the past half-century, all sorts of people will put forth all sorts of takes about whether the resignation was a tonic for American politics (“it showed […]
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia — They say what makes a neighborhood great is the people. That’s true most of the time. But sometimes it’s not the people. Sometimes, it’s the goats. We moved to Falls Church, Virginia, this summer, and in our first weeks there, our backyard hosted a parade of neighborhood kids and occasionally their […]
Two years ago, I cast my ballot for the 10 greatest films ever made in the last installment of the celebrated Sight and Sound magazine poll. To my credit, I did not vote for Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, the tedious feminist tract that displaced both Citizen Kane and Vertigo. Yet I […]
The Olympics are supposed to be the ultimate showcase of human athletic achievement. But in 2024, they’ve become something else: a welter of apps, streams, and time-shifted events that leaves even dedicated sports fans scratching their heads. Navigating the maze of NBC‘s Peacock app, with its various tiles for “Primetime in Paris,” “Late Night,” and […]
The new disaster film Twisters has been described as a “stand-alone sequel” by its producers. Meaning, I guess, that it is not a sequel to 1996’s cult classic Twister in the sense that its events do not continue from those in the previous film, nor is it a “reboot” that rehashes the same events. Rather, […]
The Harris campaign on Friday launched a new ad in battleground states highlighting the vice president’s upbringing in an effort to appeal to middle class voters. The ad, titled “Knows,” notes that Harris grew up in a “working class home,” was the daughter of a working mom and worked at McDonald’s while she got her...
Progressive women's groups, including EMILYs List, did not respond to Fox News Digital's inquiry about second gentleman Doug Emhoff's past affair affecting his image as a leader.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed "responsibility to ensure" riots in Minneapolis would be curbed in 2020 after the death of George Floyd during an interaction with police.