6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (244+ words) The real architect of World War III isn’t Putin. It’s Xi Jinping—and Russia’s war in Ukraine may be giving Beijing exactly what it needs. As the Russo-Ukrainian war continues, Americans may blame Russian leader Vladimir Putin for starting “World…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (672+ words) My old friend Jeremy Black, the dazzlingly prolific English historian, has an excellent piece in this month’s edition of The Critic on the history profession’s newfound infatuation with “theory.” In some ways, as Black notes, the interest in theory is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1135+ words) President Trump trolled Democrats by putting himself at the top of a list of the greatest presidents (and dissing Obama). Last week, President Trump trolled the media and leftists by repurposing a list of the Best and Worst Presidents, putting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (410+ words) The Trump administration is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines contributed to the deaths of U.S. service members following the Biden administration’s military vaccine mandate, according to testimony from an Army doctor assigned to the effort. Army physician Theresa Long said in an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (286+ words) Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives his Intelligence Briefing 12:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting 3:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting 5:00 PM THE…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1130+ words) Turn on the television and every Democratic talking head wants to tell you how big their tent is. I spent 30 years pricing risk for […] Source Turn on the television and every Democratic talking head wants to tell you how big…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1579+ words) The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders. Their plan? To turn our inviting, “village character” shopping district into a high-density, low-income subsidized…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1440+ words) To what shall I compare this my native land, as I draw near the latter end of my seventh decade on earth? Evening has fallen […] Source To what shall I compare this my native land, as I draw near the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (930+ words) Bogus moralistic rhetoric is used to justify who gets all the glittering prizes. William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta, India, two hundred and fifteen years ago, the son of an English colonial official. He was sent back to England…...