Analysis of declining patriotic sentiment among Democrats on America’s 250th birthday.

At the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, the post-1945 world order was pronounced dead by most leaders.   German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, “The world order as it has stood for decades no longer exists,” and that we are in a period “great power politics.”    French President Emmanuel Macron echoed Merz’s assessment and said that Europe’s old security...

Forty-six years after Lake Placid, the U.S. men’s hockey team has done it again.

Baseball and its virtues.

A viral essay argues AI is about to make most human work obsolete. We asked Noah Smith, Andrew Yang, Tyler Cowen, Gary Marcus, and others to weigh in.

If you count Trump twice, Americans have had four consecutive presidents who were absolutely convinced they did or are doing a terrific job.

Kerby Anderson provides an overview of four world-changing cycles: a political/cultural cycle, a generational cycle, a technological cycle, and a financial cycle.

Kerby Anderson looks at six insightful books and videos exploring alarming parallels between the U.S. and failed empires of history.

George Washington’s birthday should not be a celebration of presidents in general.

The Clintons face congressional subpoenas and contempt votes amid Epstein scandal and party fallout.