A few years ago, when hard lockdowns were still in place, I took a road trip along the Ohio side of Lake Erie. I skipped the highway and instead rolled through town after town until I hit Port Clinton, where…
I live across the street from a high school, and every weekend I get an earful of whatever music is popular among the young and reckless. For about a year, it was nothing (thank you, Gov. Northam), but ever since…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — It’s only been one year since George Floyd died under the knee of Derek Chauvin outside Cup Foods, but his memorial has the air of permanence. That’s not just because the city has been unable to regain…
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota — I was standing beside a crowd of protesters outside the police precinct Tuesday night when a white Lexus skidded up behind me. Three young guys hopped out. Two jumped on top of the car. One raised…
Here they come, marching into American sunlight. Godzilla and Kong, eternal enemies, not seen on screen together since the Kennedy administration, when Kong threw Godzilla off Mount Fuji. They say it will be different this time. One must fall. Kong…
Washington — “Mommy, they’re taking it down,” a toddler excitedly calls to his parents on Saturday as they walk around the fenced-off perimeter of the Capitol Hill complex. Three workmen in front of him are disassembling the rolls of razor…
New York — I am seated one table over from Jimmy Fallon at Brooklyn’s famous Peter Luger Steak House. The late-night host’s waxen face appears to be frozen in a permanent television smile. His feet levitate an uncomfortable inch off…
Former President Donald Trump frequently touted his judicial appointments as important victories for the preservation of law. But some of those wins may prove to be fleeting. Make no mistake: Trump’s team did take a hatchet to the Supreme Court’s…
To my great shame, I’ve never eaten at any of this nation’s great Italian fast-casual chains. My wife, on the other hand, has intimate knowledge of such things. She waitressed at a Nebraska Olive Garden in college and lived for…