Ay me! I see the ruin of my house. The tiger now hath seized the gentle hind; Insulting tyranny begins to jut Upon the innocent and aweless throne: Welcome, destruction, death, and massacre! I see, as in a map, the end of all. — Richard III, Act II,…
Those who wax poetic about American greatness often make reference to our political customs and institutions — our founding principles, our Constitution, our tradition of republican self-rule. But those institutions themselves grew out of a deeper kind of exceptionalism, a…
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has a new cause, “migrant crime,” and a new slogan, “Stop Biden’s Border Bloodbath,” as he noted during a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It doesn’t take a pollster to see why. Just turn…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is taking pages from Vladimir Putin’s book by doubling down on repression to secure a victory in upcoming elections. Some of his persecuted opponents are taking refuge in the Argentine embassy that is under siege by…
February saw a new record set for records — the record for the most albums to chart in Billboard’s top 200 — which had formerly been held jointly by Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. It was set by a band…
In a little-noticed presentation on Dec. 9, 2023, at COP28 in Dubai, a panel of soil experts presented the case for cows as climate allies, not gas-spewing destroyers. The event, titled “Conscious Livestock Rearing and Soil Health,” discussed “animal rearing’s…
Demonstrators, media “personalities,” columnists, all manner of mankind tell us hour by hour what matters and manners of life in the USA are problematic. Supposed racism, alleged bias against men and women of differing ethnicity are lined up against the…
Editor’s Note: Itxu Díaz’s new book, I Will Not Eat Crickets: An Angry Satirist Declares War on the Globalist Elite, translated by Joel Dalmau, was recently released and is now available for sale. Below, find an excerpted version exclusive to The…
America 2023, as surrealistic as anything witnessed on the New Year’s Eve Twilight Zone marathon, morphed from Old Republic to Banana Republic. Donald Trump began the year free of legal charges and down in the polls. He ended it facing…
When I was a cute, sweet little boy back in 1960s Brooklyn, every Friday night after family Shabbat dinner I would lie on the floor in our living room. My dad would be lying right there, nearby on a couch,…