Harvard against America
The college, while invoking academic freedom for its resistance to Trump, is very far from upholding that principle
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Activist-academics push to Make America Teetotal Again
New temperance movement wants alcohol to be treated like tobacco
April 17, 2025
Joe Biden recalls ‘colored kids’ to be hero of their struggle
This isn’t civil rights – it’s performance art
April 16, 2025
Sleepless in Shangri-La
In the Himalayas, physicians, doctors and therapists worked in concert to understand the root cause of my insomnia
April 14, 2025
How to deal with the student mob
The line between free speech and violence is clear
April 9, 2025
How DEI destroyed itself
Trump has redirected the mighty regulatory powers of the civil-rights system against his political adversaries
The joy of French school lunches
I can’t wait to hear about what my grandchildren had for le déjeuner
The beauty and complexity of salmon
It is always welcome at the table, both in material and topical form
April 6, 2025
Girl parents should be grateful for the Caitlin Clark effect
She’s put women’s sports on the map and inspired a new generation of female athletes
March 25, 2025
You can buy Melania Trump’s wedding dress on eBay for $45,000
She wore it in her sole Vogue cover appearance
March 24, 2025
The polished edges of Colorado’s ski resorts
Aspen and Vail have a lot to celebrate
March 21, 2025
Trump is right to eradicate the Department of Education
If Americans are empowered to choose, there will be no going back to the broken system that’s kept Democrats in power
March 20, 2025
Don’t let gambling scaremongers ruin your March Madness bracket
The central absurdity of the American anti-online gambling movement is its ignorance of the alternative
March 19, 2025
China’s BYD could kill Tesla
The evidence is mounting that China’s EVs aren’t just more affordable; they’re also superior in performance
March 17, 2025
French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty
Trump’s White House says, ‘non monsieur’
March 14, 2025
Eliminating the Education Department is the key to restoring American culture
‘President Carter’s new bureaucratic boondoggle’ has failed the test
March 13, 2025
The Versaces have left Versace
Donatella has stepped down from the creative director seat
What’s RFK Jr. really up to?
The true MAHA mission could be to help slim down government, not just the average American waist size
What would it take to make America healthy again?
RFK has a whopper of a task
Taking the fast train back to imperialism
Laos is now an economic vassal of China, a protectorate, or feudal satellite firmly in Beijing’s orbit
Breakfasts, massages and reinvigorating Swiss thermal waters
My father would have loved this new spa life. I’m not sure about my mother. But I did
The Karoo has seen so much, but changed so little
From the Khoisan to springbok herds to British soldiers, many have passed without leaving a mark
Baseball may be trapped in a two-party system
The sport braces for another Dodgers-Yankees scrum, a duopoly less about parity than power
The small town in Ontario with a world-class chocolatier
There is no season that calls for chocolate more loudly than Easter
Why German-origin Americans keep quiet about their culinary contributions
The influence on food is so widespread, and has fused so successfully with American culture, that one might forget it is there
March 12, 2025
Are thought crimes now a deportable offense?
No charges have been filed against Mahmoud Khalil — and the administration hasn’t elaborated on how he is ‘aligned’ to Hamas or what exactly he’s done to deserve deportation
March 10, 2025
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
Ideological zealotry and rampant antisemitism are allowed to flourish
March 5, 2025
Why are the Democrats so eager to lose the trans sports debate?
Digging in is an interesting choice
March 3, 2025
Against suit shaming
Zelensky is clearly not a suit person, though I’m guessing that he could afford to at least rent one
