An American papacy: The Catholic Church didn't choose Pope Leo XIV to battle Trump
It has long been an unwritten rule of the Catholic Church that no citizen of a world superpower can be pope. The informal logic is that such…
LATAKIA, Syria — At first glance, Latakia looks to be one of the better places in Syria. Nestled on the Syrian coast, it was spared the worst…
ANNVILLE, Pennsylvania — When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made her first visit as a Cabinet official to Pennsylvania last month, the jury was still out on the…
An almost forbidden opinion is now finding a voice in the halls of power and influence. When the view is uttered above a whisper, it is derided…
Their images and videos became Exhibit A for the winning 2024 campaign of President Donald Trump and his loyal followers, as Democratic rival Kamala Harris struggled to…
It’s remarkable to watch Jon Hamm, a decade after the finale of Mad Men aired on May 17, 2015, navigate the treacherous waters of Post-Iconic-Role Syndrome that…
There’s a sad old theme in warfare: boys and young men rush to war expecting adventure, glory, and honor, and prematurely aged and deeply scarred men return…
One of my writer friends tells a harrowing story about being at an important lunch meeting and suddenly realizing that he’s choking to death. It was one…
Between 2009 and the beginning of last week, dramatist and author David Mamet released 16 new plays and books, some of them exceptional. During the same span,…
“Maybe breaking these programs is not an unfortunate side effect that might happen. It’s actually the intended goal, to cause disruption.” That was Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor…
