Were you a Ferris or a Lucas? Did you have it all figured out in high school, like the eponymous trickster from 40 summers ago? […]
Beverly Gage’s U.S. History Book Omits LGBTQ+ Figures Despite Promises of Inclusion
The review of Beverly Gage’s This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History notes that before the 2015 Charleston church shooting, which […]
Misery and Death: The Hidden Consequences of China-Iran Ties
In the United States, democratic socialists and Hamas sympathizers often march arm in arm. Abroad, news that China is exporting surface-to-air missiles to Iran reveals […]
The Speaker’s Peril: How Kevin McCarthy’s Struggle with the House Freedom Caucus Almost Broke Congress
If the parties fight each other to a draw in the gerrymandering wars, who wins? Democrats can probably carve about as many safe congressional seats […]
George Washington: The Unseen Architect of American Independence
H.W. Brands, professor of history at the University of Texas and author of biographies on Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presents a […]
When the Founders’ Geopolitics Clash with Today’s World
Americans will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Founding tomorrow with an extravaganza of concerts, parties, fireworks, and parades. Service members from over 100 countries […]
The Doughnut Moment That Changed TV Comedy Forever
On my third day in show business, I walked into Stage 25 at Paramount Studios to grab a coffee and doughnut. It was January 1990—I […]
Therapy Nation: How America’s Mental Health Obsession Is Deepening Division
Depressed? Anxious? Maybe you should see someone. If so, good luck. According to the American Psychological Association, most mental health professionals are consistently and fully […]
Trump’s Political Revolution and AI: America’s Founding Spirit in Action
America is known as a land of entrepreneurship and a country that continually reinvents itself while retaining a commitment to its Founding ideals. Are the […]