Why the Catholic Church won’t excommunicate Joe Biden
To receive communion in a state of grave sin is to commit a blasphemy
What happens to US fighters captured in Ukraine?
Much of what passes as ‘justice’ in wartime is meted out by the victor
The Marxist writer who railed against Lenin
Maxim Gorky looked to literature and culture as much as to revolution
How MSNBC accidentally killed Roe
Tell your viewers conservatives are Neanderthals and they just might get complacent
Blue states double down on abortion
Overturning Roe was just the beginning for the pro-life movement
Did Hunter Biden influence Obama-era China policy?
He and John Kerry’s stepson both had dealings while their fathers were in office
Nancy Pelosi lands a blow for childcare
Did she push aside Mayra Flores’s kid for a photo-op?
On the ground at the Supreme Court protests
Protesters and counter-protesters clash over the Dobbs ruling
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Is Bob Woodward overrated?
Fifty years on, the hero of Watergate has become little more than a stenographer
Why tech billionaires love testosterone
‘T’ and ‘bromeopathy’ won’t create good men
A day in DC
The Jefferson Memorial still gives off a far better vibe than the Potomac anthills in which the self-important Get Things Done
Embrace the gerontocracy
Our federal policy has been shaped by the elderly and for the elderly
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