A rabbi, a priest, and an imam walking into a research program funded by NASA to explore how world religions might respond to extraterrestrial life […]
The Devil on My Shoulder: How Rock Legend Alice Cooper Forged a Legacy of Shock and Satire
In the summer of 1971, rock stars performed at New York’s Concert for Bangladesh, but a gritty band from the American Midwest burst onto the […]
Free-Range Wisdom: A Memoir That Challenges Modern Parenting
When a Virginia mother was convicted of child abuse for letting her five-year-old walk alone to a pond—a story that went viral—author Madeleine Kearns reflected […]
China’s Quiet Expansion Threatens India’s Sovereignty Along the Himalayan Frontier
So much of Washington’s attention is concentrated on Taiwan that Americans sometimes forget China picks fights with nearly all of its other neighbors too. Beijing’s […]
The Bond Market’s Silent Threat: How Modern Debt Triggers Economic Collapse
Ian Fleming called his secret agent James Bond because the name was dull. But there is nothing dull about Robin Wigglesworth’s history of the bond […]
The Unseen Legacy: Why M.R. James’ Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us Today
A ghost story should begin with a time reference, according to the man widely regarded as the master of the form. “A slight haze of […]
How the Postwar Order Was Forged—and Why Its Lessons Are Now Critical
Take care before judging a book by its subtitle. Those expecting The Visionaries: Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the Making of the Post-World War […]
U.S. Shifting Stance in Middle East: Barrack’s ‘No Longer There’ Warning Sparks Regional Anxiety
Most diplomats are judged by their ability to stay out of the news, but Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack made headlines this week. Speaking at […]
The Left’s Uncomfortable Truth: Communism’s Enduring Threat
Growing up as a pink diaper baby and later studying Russian in college, I graduated as an anti-Communist leftist. Unlike my fellow antiwar protesters, I […]
The Lost Pillars of American Conservatism: How Fusionism Shaped Our Political Future
It’s not easy to be on the vanguard of a new Republican Party or a new conservative movement,” then-Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance warned at […]