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In February 1976, 19-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis died at Fort Dix, New Jersey, from a respiratory illness. Testing ...
My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing what President Donald Trump has since called the “12 ...
It’s tough times for those of us who love to party. Turns out, the days are now insanely long, and the nights super short, thanks to some summer solstice nonsense that sounds to me like the first ...
The Booksmith, a San Francisco shop that features a “Books, Not Bans” campaign on its website, pulled every J.K. Rowling title from its store this week. Literature lovers can tell you all about the ...
When President Donald Trump formed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he chose Elon Musk to lead the charge. The mission: eliminate $2 trillion in federal waste to help balance the ...
I’ve got four predictions about serious things (and one about something not quite that serious) that I’ll throw your way in this 5QT entry. That’s all the introduction you’re going to get. It’s all ...
The headline from our friends at the Wall Street Journal could not be more blunt. It read: “Mediator Proposes $20 Million Settlement in Trump’s CBS Suit: Potential package would include a donation, ...
Among the errors to which journalists are prone, none is so common as the delusion of instant expertise. Assign a reporter to ...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it has determined that California’s Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation have violated Title IX.  The ...
There is surely a long list of candidates for the title of worst election in American history, but Tuesday night’s mayoral race in New York City would have to merit notice. In terms of sheer ...
Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...
If, like most Americans, you’ve been reading news of ICE raids in Los Angeles and the accompanying riots while trying to keep up on the latest developments in Iran, you might have forgotten that June ...