Beltway Confidential
The glorious glove of Willie Mays
Mankind invented baseball in the 18th century, and the two major baseball leagues created Major League Baseball in 1903. It wasn’t until 1931 that God made the…
June 25, 2024
Infirm vs. Intemperate: The peril and promise of the first debate for Biden and Trump
Entertainment
Bill Maher’s case for mediation in the national divorce
Even though I’m a religious person, I’ve always had a soft spot for a certain kind of cantankerous atheist. And although I’d never let myself be yoked…
Business
A shift away from income taxes is good, but Trump’s tariff math doesn’t add up
With primary provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire come 2025, either President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump will face a…
Magazine
Sweating it out with the Orioles
For the latter half of the 20th century, the Baltimore Orioles were among the elite in the sport. Almost from the time that the team moved to…
Infrastructure
California is cannibalizing its capital
A key sign that your civilization has descended from a First World nation to a Third World nation is when your government not only can’t build new…
Magazine
Willie Mays, 1931-2024
We are for the most part not blessed to live in the era of giants. The greatest of all times in their fields — Michelangelo in sculpture,…
Magazine
Hair-dos of years gone by
Birthdays, for some reason, are opportunities for the people in your life to dig up old photographs of you and post them on social media. This is…
Beltway Confidential
Even the Secret Service isn’t safe in California
California may be the only state where Democrats can hold lavish fundraisers with elitist celebrities while crime has become so bad that even Secret Service agents aren’t…
Magazine
The strange odyssey of Canada’s patron saint
Jean de Brébeuf is a patron saint of Canada, a title bestowed upon the 17th century Jesuit missionary by Pope Pius XII on Oct. 16, 1940. Brébeuf…
Defense
The V-22 Osprey is trying to shed its reputation as a cursed deathtrap
At the June 12 hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee investigating the safety of the V-22 Osprey, members of Gold Star families were sitting in the front…