1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (300+ words) President Trump's recent call for American Jews to mark a special national Shabbat in honor of the 250th'anniversary of American independence has thrust the Seventh Day into the center of political conversation. To understand Shabbat, however, one must first understand…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (603+ words) If the FACE Act has truly been "stripped of its intent," as Speaker Johnson himself said, then the question is: Why hasn't it been repealed? Mike Johnson has been Speaker of the House since October 2023. He holds the gavel. He…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (680+ words) Former president Obama's advisors used to tout his approach as "no drama Obama." But there was plenty of drama during Obama's presidency ranging from his sending a few billion in cash to Iran to fund the terrorist regime to surrendering…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (174+ words) Last week, I wrote a piece here, The Hollywood Strain, citing Christopher Nolan's folly in sacrificing The Odyssey to the woke gods. The story has exploded since then, prompting outrage akin to when Bud Light chose Dylan Mulvaney for a…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (123+ words) In the end, it is not rhetoric, but facts on the ground that decide geopolitical competitions. President Nixon in the early 1970s used d'tente as a strategic pause. Nixon was rhetorically less confrontational toward the Soviets while reshaping geopolitics to eventually…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (514+ words) For a sense of how bereft the Democrats are of credible leaders and sensible policy ideas all one has to do is listen to the remarks of former Vice President Kamala Harris on the Win with Black Women podcast....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (490+ words) With the radio positioned above the refrigerator, WCBS Newsradio 88 was the soundtrack of our kitchen." For much of the 20th century, AM radio news was the country's heartbeat. CBS was the gold standard." It was the home of Edward R. Murrow's rooftop…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1420+ words) Nixon's 1972 visit to China is widely remembered as one of the great diplomatic turning points of the 20th century. It opened the door between the United States and Communist China, reshaped the Cold War balance against Soviet Union, and seemed to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (251+ words) Reading aloud has become an act of punk rebellion. Something like listening to a recording of The Clash, flirting in a coffee shop at noon, or sitting down to watch John Wayne's entire filmography. Rich Lowry complains that children no…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (753+ words) All stories are not equal. But we all equally live in stories. Who we are we know by the story we tell ourselves. We spin the points of meaning we meet into a yarn, and the yarn we weave into…...