After decades of war, the United States is pivoting away from the Middle East, gearing itself for great power competition with China and Russia. But recent events bring to mind Al Pacino’s famous line from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” And […]

On Sept. 24, 1950, journalist Edward Hunter published a sensational report in the Miami News about the indoctrination techniques used by Soviet and Chinese communists. In it, he coined the term “brainwashing,” a loose translation of phrasing he claimed to have heard used by Chinese prisoners of war captured in Korea. He followed the article […]

Mankind invented baseball in the 18th century, and the two major baseball leagues created Major League Baseball in 1903. It wasn’t until 1931 that God made the perfect baseball player, Willie Howard Mays. A few weeks past his 20th birthday, Mays made his major league debut for the New York Giants in Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. […]

Even though I’m a religious person, I’ve always had a soft spot for a certain kind of cantankerous atheist. And although I’d never let myself be yoked with an unbeliever, I’ve always had a bit of an “older man” crush on Bill Maher. Maybe it’s the way his eyes crease when he tells a particularly […]

With primary provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire come 2025, either President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump will face a showdown in Congress to extend the tax cuts or let them die. But the former president has reportedly teased a plan to entirely sidestep this dilemma over his […]

For the latter half of the 20th century, the Baltimore Orioles were among the elite in the sport. Almost from the time that the team moved to Baltimore from St. Louis before the 1954 season, it became one of the signature teams in the major leagues. It wasn’t the most dominant nor was it the […]

A key sign that your civilization has descended from a First World nation to a Third World nation is when your government not only can’t build new infrastructure but can’t stop citizens from cannibalizing the existing infrastructure. So it is with Los Angeles, California, and its Sixth Street Bridge. First built in 1932, the Sixth […]

Former President Trump and his allies are laying the foundation to dismiss a strong debate performance by President Biden as a charade. Trump and other conservatives have in recent days floated the baseless claim that if Biden does well at next week’s debate in Atlanta, it will be because he’s using some kind of performance...

Former President Trump is making a new effort to boost his support from working-class voters. He’s proposing to make tips exempt from taxes. The gambit has captured plenty of attention, to Democrats’ dismay and despite being viewed with skepticism by many financial experts. Tellingly, the idea seems to have been first pushed by the former...