Liberal Democrat Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, recently raised more than a few eyebrows when he observed, “When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools.” While the mayor’s traditional liberal allies expressed concern with his…
How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises By Spencer Klavan (Regnery Publishing, 256 pages, $30) “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana. In his stirring new book, How to…
It’s hard not to binge read a Dean Koontz novel. Koontz’s prose is beyond tight. His suspenseful plots hurl readers headlong into raucous adventures in which the stakes for his protagonists are extreme and, for humanity, often dire. His heroes…
I love the McDonald’s near my campus, Old Dominion University. What I like the most there is its ambiance: two-story high ceilings; glass walls from ceiling to floor, providing ample light and panoramic views; clean and quiet. There are not…
Though his image still is widely recognizable, and his name adorns cities, counties, towns, and streets across the country, today’s students assuredly know more about Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber than the victorious commander of the American Revolution and the…
A new meme is making the rounds, suggesting that we replace so-called violent language (e.g., “We’re going to pull the trigger”) with softer language (e.g., “We’re going to launch”). This is just the latest example of the endless and perpetual…
A soul-crushing weakness has crept into Western education in the past two decades that has increased student anxiety and depression and decimated basic skills. Five years ago, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called this crisis “The Coddling of the American…
Since lately haters insult me a little less than usual, I am about to sign an elitist and classist article. Is Itxu Díaz really elitist? Very much so. From the moment I wake until lunchtime, and then for the rest…
If there is one idea that unites the American Left and motivates its public policy positions it is anti-nationalism. Anti-nationalism pervades the Left’s domestic and foreign policy preferences. This is one reason why the Left so vigorously opposed President Trump’s…
Not born but begotten from the blood of conquerors and missionaries, Brazil shares more than just common ancestry with its Western partners. It became independent from its colonizer in the early 19th century, continued on as a monarchy — coronated…