21+ hour, 14+ min ago  (118+ words) Former Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, the first member of the U. S. House to come out as gay, has died at 86. He was a one-off. Our Barney's leftist politics were mad as a box of frogs. But he was a witty, fierce,…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (819+ words) A Jewish American, the story goes, asked an Israeli how many Palestinian prisoners the IDF had raped. None that he knew of, he said. "You IDF soldiers don't rape Palestinians because Israelis are too racist and disgusted by them to…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago  (51+ words) Diversity initiatives built on demographic targets, rather than on broad recruitment and equal opportunity, tend to weaken important aspects of organizational performance. READ MORE from Lipton Matthews: The Quiet Architecture of Chinese Influence The Left Wanted the Culture War They're…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago  (743+ words) What do fantastic tales have to do with the survival of our civilization?" The world that plunged from one World War to the next with an economic disaster in between demanded full seriousness to survive. Storytelling could surely wait. In…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago  (323+ words) A recent Fund for American Studies conference asked its panelists to explain what the Founders intended when they used the phrase "consent of the governed" in the Declaration of Independence, which at first blush seemed simple for a Ph D…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago  (224+ words) As the U. S. prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence " and just in time for the progressive festival of Pride Month " America's Catholic bishops are planning to consecrate the nation to Christ's Sacred Heart. The…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (75+ words) There is a sprinkling of essays in CFR's first installment that are fair to Trump " Laura Taylor-Kale and Ray Takeyh write objectively about Trump's defense priorities. But if future installments are like this one, the "political spectrum" of CFR experts…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (962+ words) There's a sweet, sentimental song by Frank Sinatra called "There Used To Be a Ballpark." It's a touching lament, remembering things from our youth that aren't there anymore. Written by songwriter Joe Raposo, it evokes old ballparks no longer there....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (321+ words) Nothing resembling this arrangement is currently available in Iran. If we want to bring this war to a successful conclusion, then a further effort is required to create the conditions that might allow it to emerge. This will require a…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (498+ words) Adam Smith: "How sad it is that so many people who defend me to the death are incapable of understanding my books." Angela Merkel: "The best thing about the Refugee Welcome policy is that the migrants never make it to…...