The welcoming reception that so many European soccer fans have received as they have crossed the nation in pursuit of World Cup games has struck many as a happy surprise of the summer of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. "The World Cup is at our shores, and all these ...
I once read a story about the greatest danger any civilization can face. It wasn't an army. It wasn't a king. It was a people who forgot why they started. That is the danger America stands closest to on her 250th birthday. We do not turn 250 because we won wars. We turn 250 because 56 men in a ...
The pages of tomorrow's history are written by today's decisions. History is littered with failed republics and democracies. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire. Democracy in ancient Greece turned into an aristocracy. This didn't just happen in ancient history. In 1961, a new ...
A real estate agent, a dentist, a stay-at-home mom, a veteran who owns a small business, and someone you know gather around a conference table once a week. No, this is not a joke. It is your county commission meeting. These are not career politicians or cable news pundits. They do not have a ...
It's summer, the season of vacations, therefore the season of air travel and the season of people getting kicked off planes because they've had too much to drink. The culture has shifted, though, and because of regulations or health consciousness or sheer panic at the idea of getting sued, ...
As we inch toward the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, let me share a couple of reflections on the background of how this extraordinary, unprecedented and daring event succeeded. Two decades ago, I set out to write a book about the events known as the ...
Tucker Carlson says he can no longer support the Republican Party. In that regard, he finds himself in familiar company. A growing faction on the populist Right — including figures such as Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nick Fuentes — has increasingly positioned itself in ...
Last week, nearly every elite men's tennis player skipped one of London's marquee tournaments. Only one of the world's top 10 showed up at Queen's Club, the traditional Wimbledon warmup; stars including Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton were playing 300 miles away ...
Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving ... Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work. But "workers' rights" activists ...
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- Over the Flag Day weekend in Pennsylvania, crowds gathered, and communities were formed in the most unlikely of places, under viaducts, along gravel-filled tracks and at the base of some impressive Appalachian mountains, all just to watch as Union Pacific's Big ...
