A book-length collection of 81 op-eds written over a period of seven years by a single author should not be readable. And in most writers’ hands it wouldn’t be. While Peggy Noonan’s latest book, A Certain Idea of America, fits that description, it is instead a compelling read that brings moral clarity to a tumultuous period of American public life.

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If I told you that a young man stabbed another young man to death for telling him that he was in the wrong seat, and then I told you that one young man in this altercation was white and the other black, and then I asked you to guess the race of the assailant, every single person would know the…
“A woman’s love language is not having to ask.” – Brilliant. Much online controversy over this. Many hot takes from Christian, conservative, and moderate influencers on this.
The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the Supreme Court in a South Carolina dispute over Medicaid providers.
‘Screening’ for gender and health during IVF means discarding embryonic human beings who don’t match parental preferences.
Elon Musk suggests humanity might be a transition phase for the development of advanced AI. His comments spark concerns about AI’s rapid growth and possible surpassing human intelligence. Musk urges regulatory oversight to prevent AI from becoming uncontrollable. The debate on AI’s future and its implications for humanity continues to intensify.
The world’s business leaders are worried. Donald Trump’s return to power and the growing hostility of China and Russia are upending 80 years of international rules-based order. In its place is emerging a more chaotic and volatile world, where conflict is commonplace and state actor aggression online continues to escalate.
The whole thing was hastily assembled, sloppy, and riddled with errors. Source: Donald Trump’s Tariffs: No Genius Plan | National Review
Trump unveiled the new tariffs in a ceremony at the White House’s Rose Garden on Wednesday for a “Make America Wealthy Again” event.
A 2018 Axios poll found that 61% of Democrats consider Republicans “racist/bigoted/sexist” versus 31% of Republicans who feel likewise about Democrats. One wonders whether “only” 61% of Democrats still think this way about Republicans.
Target is the latest in a string of retail giants who have taken a stance against the wildly unpopular diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs afflicting corporate America. Target’s move comes in the wake of similar action by other big-name companies, including Meta, Walmart, Amazon, and Tractor Supply Co., which have all scaled back their DEI policies in recent months….