Books that occur on the high seas are fairly common. Books about specific seas are rather less so. There are extremely dry books on these damp subjects, on, say, resource management in the Barents Sea. You don’t need to read those. Oceanic histories always at least contain anecdotal deckchair delights. There are tales of Trollope’s […]
Voters soundly rejected the Democratic Party this month, not just in swing states or red states. In the bluest of blue communities, in the nation’s largest and most liberal cities, voters moved noticeably to the right. President-elect Donald Trump did not, of course, win San Francisco, Chicago, or New York City, but he did better […]
Actor Sylvester Stallone likened President-elect Trump to his "Rocky" character and said he is the "second George Washington" while introducing him at the AFPI Gala at Mar-a-Lago.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis praised President-elect Trump for nominating RFK Jr. to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer Jr. highlighted problems with the federal government's regulatory system in a joint address Thursday evening at an annual Federalist Society gala where the Peanut the squirrel case was mentioned.
Sen. Ron Johnson pushed back on a reporter's question about the House Ethics Committee report related to attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, displaying a photograph of Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Rachel Levine, who is transgender, and non-binary former Biden Department of Energy official Sam Brinton.
We all knew the child in school who tried to buy popularity with video games or cool football cards. It turns out that child grew up and became the 2024 Democratic nominee for president. Vice President Kamala Harris had a notable popularity problem when she began her presidential run. In the 2020 cycle, she dropped […]
The wife of a friend of mine is a very talented artist. She’s one of those crafty people who is always making things — pillow cushions, Christmas ornaments, sourdough loaves, you know the type. They’re very annoying, of course, up until the moment they bake a delicious apple pie with a lattice-style crust and serve […]
The most important story of the next 30 years will be the Baby Bust, which began in the United States in 2008. A future historian trying to understand this period, when amid unprecedented wealth and health, we decided to depopulate, would do well to peruse the pages of the New York Times. The outlet has […]