Until this weekend, whenever I heard someone say “Stanley Cup,” I assumed they were talking about the massive silver trophy awarded to the champion of the NHL season. Indeed, I was unaware of the rapid increase in popularity of the Stanley tumbler, made by the company Stanley, which can cost as much as $60. That […]

As the warmth of the Christmas season begins to fade the first week in January, Pennsylvania’s Farm Show provides the perfect pick-me-up as a remedy for the doldrums of holiday hangovers. It’s a family-fun event that is a tradition unlike any other, especially if you were born and raised in the city, such as myself. […]

University of Maryland economics professor Melissa Kearney’s excellent book The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling has sparked enough pundit pontificating that Politico recently hosted a Zoom discussion with four “marriage experts” to discuss “Why is the Pundit Class Suddenly So Marriage-Obsessed?“ Do read the whole thing, but I was most […]

Hopefully Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) enjoyed his Christmas vacation because his return to work this week promises to be a painful slog reminiscent of the ordeal faced by his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. On Sunday, Johnson announced he had reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on top-line spending numbers to fund the […]

Former President Trump is leaving the campaign trail to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday, a move certain to bring his legal travails into the limelight just a week before the Iowa caucuses. Trump's legal troubles only appear to have helped him in his fight for the GOP presidential nomination so far, and...