It’s two weeks now since the most recent elections, and as I try to wrap my head around reams of fevered commentary about the implications for the 2026 and 2028 elections, I find my thoughts returning ...

The ATF's long record of abuses against American gun owners should be ample reason to strip the agency of its power — and its funding — but the recent government shutdown put yet another spotlight on ...

Some of the finest works of architectural criticism in recent memory have been written in response to the existential cultural threat posed by modernism — Henry Hope Reed’s The Golden City (1959), Tom ...

The feds should go with their instincts, get the government out of the way and let the AI market evolve. If there’s a need for “common sense” rules, then let Congress do it for the whole country, ...

The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years, the penny had ...

Despite overwhelming evidence, the replacement of European societies remains — frustratingly — a contested concept. Across the continent, cities and towns are unrecognizable. Novel social ills ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s roaring start to the 2028 presidential election may already be scaring away potential competitors. That could be true when it comes to the candidate who possibly looks ...

Venezuela is largely responsible for the increase in drug trafficking, the influx of violent gang activity, and influencing ...

Ken Burns has come in for some deserved criticism for pushing the line, in his new documentary on the American Revolution, that the Founding Fathers got their ideas about confederative government from ...

The U.S. is a racist hell-hole where white Americans oppress black Americans and should be engaged full-time in mea culpas. Donald Trump is the head racist and Al Sharpton (dial 1-800-HUSTLE) is a ...

Separating historical reality from ideological mythmaking about Native America.

But there is more to this celebration — this annual ritual — than just “turkey and dressing.” Thanksgiving is commonly known as a way to commemorate the colonial Pilgrims’ harvest meal in 1621, which ...