Here's a conundrum for Republican politicians going into 2026, and even 2028. What do you do when you've turned the GOP into a Trump-branded, populist, anti-establishment party but your party controls the government and it's not going very well? One time-tested answer: ritual human sacrifice. ...
The Washington Post would like you to pretend along with them that they're the essence of fact-based neutrality, that they don't play favorites. Then you notice that their Sunday Arts & Style section carried a sprawling four-page spread with 10 color photographs on the glorious Rosie ...
From the historical Native American use of our forests and waters, to the shipping of copper, lead, and sawtimber starting in the late 19th century, to the modern day, land use—and our interactions with the ever-changing local flora and fauna—have changed over time. I was reminded of ...
Over 800 years ago St. Francis of Assisi in his prayerful worship of Jesus gave us the first nativity scene, or creche, in Grecio Italy at Midnight Mass. His first creation of the scene was living; that is, live life size ox and ass, real straw and a real manger. The Holy Gospel was chanted ...
Nothing bothers the European elite as much as American conservatives praising the European foundations of their shared, but threatened, Western civilization. Europeans especially resent having their social-welfare state system critiqued by upstart, crass Americans. Their pique only increases ...
As the sun rises on a new Trump-era geopolitical chapter, Washington confronts a defining choice: Will America view the People's Republic of China and its regnant Communist Party through the rose-colored lens of transaction and diplomacy, or will it soberly recognize Beijing as America's ...