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Almost 500 years after Galileo, quasi-religious frenzies flow freely once again
The nation is entering a Galilean moment. Public and private authorities stubbornly pursue make-believe about race, ethnic loyalties, families, men and women, and civic adhesion. They deny the limits of nature. It’s not the first time that human vanity has taken a run at truth and punished those who don’t fall into line. To avoid…
To receive communion in a state of grave sin is to commit a blasphemy
Much of what passes as ‘justice’ in wartime is meted out by the victor
Maxim Gorky looked to literature and culture as much as to revolution
Tell your viewers conservatives are Neanderthals and they just might get complacent
Overturning Roe was just the beginning for the pro-life movement
He and John Kerry’s stepson both had dealings while their fathers were in office
Did she push aside Mayra Flores’s kid for a photo-op?
Protesters and counter-protesters clash over the Dobbs ruling
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick reviewed
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History by Dominic Lieven reviewed
Imagine a City: A Pilot Sees the World by Mark Vanhoenacker reviewed
Fifty years on, the hero of Watergate has become little more than a stenographer
‘T’ and ‘bromeopathy’ won’t create good men
The Jefferson Memorial still gives off a far better vibe than the Potomac anthills in which the self-important Get Things Done
Our federal policy has been shaped by the elderly and for the elderly
Surviving cancer is a war of attrition against an adaptive enemy
Modern work life can be soulless but this isn’t why
Growing up in my little Pennsylvania hometown, most businesses would close early on Wednesdays around lunchtime. The idea was that they would re-open in the evening or on Saturday mornings to give people who couldn’t get away from their nine-to-five jobs the chance to shop, go to the bank, etc. To this day, a few…
Matt Purple and Teresa Mull discuss a uniquely American issue in the wake of the Uvalde shooting
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