In 2020, political writers who favored Joe Biden seemed to all coalesce on the same word: empathy. Time magazine ran a big story about “Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Importance of Empathy.” The Atlantic enthused that “in the entire history of American presidential campaigns, there may never have been a wider gap in empathy […]
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict in his second term, but it remains unclear what exactly he means to do. His Cabinet appointees are an eclectic mix of national security hawks and skeptics, and Trump himself seems far more focused on competition with the Chinese Communist Party […]
This is the season of light and hope. We dared to dream that we were past the worst. The pardoning of Hunter Biden looked like the last act of the senile and corrupt President Joe Biden. The peevish race-baiting of perma-President Barack Obama is confounded, the Democrats’ antidemocratic schemes hoist by their own petard. President-elect […]
I rise in the middle of the night, go outdoors at sunrise, but both in the fields and at home I study, think, read, and write … Every day I wander over the rocky mountains, through the dewy valleys and caverns … Meanwhile here I have established my Rome, my Athens, and my spiritual fatherland; […]
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., says he is “frustrated" by the government's lack of transparency over the large drones spotted in various northeastern states in recent weeks.
A former high-ranking Venezuelan military officer is sounding the alarm about the migrant gang Tren de Aragua being used as a tool of the Venezuelan government to sow violence and discord throughout the United States.
FBI Director Wray's resignation sparks debate over "political weaponization," with an FBI whistleblower linking bias to post-9/11 reforms and incentivized crime forecasting.
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 […]