It's not every day that I praise a book by the former head of the American Civil Liberties Union, let alone the longest-serving president of that organization. But I was ...

When a man knows he is about to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully, said Dr. Samuel Johnson. If there is any benefit to be realized from the collision ...

Anger can be constructive; it can motivate people to fight noble battles and right egregious wrongs. Anger can also be nonconstructive. It can distract people from genuine ...

I see the pro-abortion crowd is still bragging about their "10-year-old rape victim," lamenting that the poor kid had to travel all the way from Ohio to Indiana to get the ...

When the Conservatives became the first recognized British political party in 1834, the catalyst was Robert Peel’s Tamworth Manifesto, designed to embody conservative values ...

Golem tales always follow the same template: A Jew builds a monster of clay to destroy his enemies, but in the end the golem turns on its creator. In 2019, in a piece that ...

When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi added to the itinerary of a valedictory trip through Asia the island of Taiwan, she could not have been oblivious to the reaction she would ...

I, for one, am tickled pink that our ruling class has finally come out against child rape. This is something new. For several decades now, the position of government officials, ...

A lesson from my casting director years: An actor’s instincts are more important than talent when it comes to landing a part. At an audition, you have to be able to read the ...

When Sir Anthony Eden was pressed as to whether he would remain as British prime minister in 1958, he had the following to say: “I do not feel that it is right for me to ...

Jan. 6 hearings, Day 900: Nothing new. Apparently, White House counsel Pat Cipillone -- whom we've been hearing was the Rosetta stone to the whole case against Trump -- didn't ...

You people, I swear. For months I’ve been longing to write my magnum opus about the superb 2021 post-Covid Taiwanese zombie film The Sadness and its impact on Sino-U.S. ...

When President Joe Biden retired in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday night, he likely did not expect to find a severed horse's head under his bed covers. But there it was, courtesy of ...

In Stephen Vincent Benet's The Devil and Daniel Webster, the tale is told that if you approached Webster's grave and called out his name, a voice would boom in reply, "Neighbor, ...

Must we really respond to the "musket" argument again? Apparently so. It's all the rage among Democrats right now. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (Democrat) and Illinois Gov. J.B. ...

Thirty-five-year-old Nicole Mokeme was Portland, Maine’s BLM superstar. She founded “Rise and Shine,” a woodsy retreat where “BIPOCs” could gather and rant about ...