Magazine
Do rules vote losses mean GOP has lost control of House?
Political opponents of former House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay nicknamed the Texan “The Hammer” as an insult. But in one sense, it was true. When new…
March 19, 2024
Baby Bust: How a family-unfriendly culture has left us with fewer children
Magazine
What really keeps the military moving
Information and operational security is something this old soldier takes very seriously. That’s why this column is difficult to write. Faithful reader, because you peruse these hallowed…
Magazine
The sad, happy life of Carson McCullers
On Nov. 21, 1940, novelist Carson McCullers threw a party with the writers and artists she shared a dilapidated home with in Brooklyn Heights. It was a…
Magazine
Margaret Cavendish’s contradictory multitudes
“Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” the most famous rhetorical question in English, is now retired upon finding an answer: Francesca Peacock. The reputation of Margaret Cavendish, the…
Defense
Biden administration gets drawn in more closely to Israel-Hamas war with Gaza port plan
President Joe Biden‘s administration has played a supporting role in the nearly 6-month-old Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, providing military support for the Jewish state while also talking…
Business
The European Union is now the world’s most aggressive regulator of digital markets
The world’s most sweeping tech regulation is now in place with the enactment of the European Commission’s Digital Market Act. U.S.-based tech giants are still trying to…
Magazine
The not always romantic Lord Byron
In 1824, a month after George Gordon, the sixth Lord Byron, died in Greece at the age of 36, friends and representatives of his family burned the…
Columnists
Democrats losing their hold on California and California losing its hold on America
Last week’s Super Tuesday results ensured the renominations of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, barring some unanticipated adverse health events. So, which one is…
Columnists
Biden’s memory: The problem that won’t go away
BIDEN’S MEMORY: THE PROBLEM THAT WON’T GO AWAY. Just four days ago, after the State of the Union address, Democrats were exultant in the belief that 81-year-old President…
Beltway Confidential
Here’s the most likely reason Trump flip-flopped on TikTok
Former President Donald Trump has blatantly flip-flopped on TikTok and China. As president, Trump ordered that TikTok find an American owner or be “shut down” in the…