The news came on Tuesday. French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard, who with François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, and Éric Rohmer was a key figure of the New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) movement and a tremendous influence on such later directors…
As news suddenly spread on Thursday afternoon that Queen Elizabeth II, 96, had passed, an outpouring of tributes flooded the airwaves. On Newsmax’s American Agenda, John Browne, former member of Parliament and former aide to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher —…
We are privileged to have lived through this Elizabethan era. The late queen’s reign was magnificent in its longevity. It was unparalleled in its success. It was inspiring in its adaptability to a world changing at a far greater pace…
The death of Queen Elizabeth II will leave an enormous void. One fears for the future of the British monarchy in her absence. She represented dignity and standards in an age largely without them. Unfortunately, even the children and grandchildren…
When I heard about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, I sighed. He was one of the final remaining pivotal figures in the end of the Cold War: Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Václav Havel, Boris Yeltsin,…
“And bid the world Goodmorrow, and go to glory home!” – Emily Dickinson I am writing about this because it has been the only thing on my mind during the last few days. On Jan. 13, Terry Teachout, the theater…
The death of Olivia Newton-John is a sad loss to so many of that generation. It comes as somewhat of a jolt, a shock, even as she managed to reach the age of 73 after three decades of battling cancer….
I had taken a long turn away from reading American history when I first became acquainted with David McCullough. From my senior year in college onwards, I have spent most of my reading time immersed in the immense literature of…
It was hardly a surprise, after all he was 94, but the news of Vin Scully’s death Tuesday brings great sadness nonetheless. He was a great broadcaster and a great man who loved baseball, the Dodgers, his family, his country,…
