Geoffrey Norman
Albert Hunt is urging President Joe Biden to announce that he will not run for reelection and will devote himself instead to the legal defense and personal rehabilitation of his son Hunter. “The particulars in the tax evasion charges against…
Taylor Swift is Time magazine’s Person of the Year, ending the suspense that, in the days and hours leading up to the announcement, was nigh on unendurable. Recalling football coach John Mackay’s line along the lines of: “win or lose,…
From late Saturday afternoon (or early Saturday evening, depending on your time zone) until noon or so Sunday, the universe of college football held its breath. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee (try saying that fast) would be meeting in…
For a couple of days, it looked as though Martha Stewart, of all people, had given up on Thanksgiving. She announced her surrender on a television talk show (naturally), saying: “I gave up Thanksgiving. I canceled … nine guests canceled…
On Nov. 11, 1918, the fighting ended on the Western Front. “The Great War,” as it was known for a short time, was over. But the peace, such as it was, did not last, and, one generation later, the world…
For a few minutes on Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles were the only remaining undefeated team in the National Football League. The San Francisco 49ers having lost — improbably — to the Browns out in Cleveland, the only thing standing between…
Anyone who has been paying attention knows the basics of the story. Hunter Biden bought a handgun from a licensed firearms dealer and, as required by law, signed a federal form asserting that he was not doing drugs. Which was…
In the early days of the last century, the city of New York faced a serious horse-manure crisis. “Experts” were predicting that by 1930, the stuff would be piled three stories high in the streets. But then, just in time,…
It felt almost fated and scripted as a way to please the gods of football. Had it been three or four games into the season, then maybe it would have been just “part of the game” as one of football’s…
