When told that the New England transcendentalist Margaret Fuller had grandly declared “I accept the universe,” the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle dryly remarked: “S...
To get a sense of why AT&T wants to buy Time Warner for $85 billion (and why the deal makes sense), consider how your screen-watching habits have changed over the past d...
Hillary Clinton may be the first candidate in American history to win a contest of personalities without having one.
She has been content to make the election all about ...
In this dreary season of continuously leaked emails and braggadociously pawed lady-bits, it can be hard to imagine Nov. 8 bringing anything more positive than a temporar...
There was a time when ticket splitting was common. Voters would support one party’s candidate for president and the other’s for Congress. At its peak in 1972, ticket spl...
A father repeatedly raped his 12-year-old daughter. A judge recently responded with a 60-day sentence.
The girl’s mother and grandmother applaud. They think that’s the r...
As Iraqi and Kurdish troops began the operation to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State, with help from U.S. advisers and air power, my mind flashed back to my visit to...
The case against Hillary Clinton could have been written before the recent WikiLeaks and FBI disclosures. But these documents do provide hard textual backup.
The most se...
No one can accuse Kellyanne Conway of complacency. She is already preparing for post-election recriminations.
Donald Trump’s campaign manager has recently cited Hillary ...
Donald Trump’s only real interest in Christianity is that he’s heard it can involve the laying on of hands. Sorry, Donald, but groping one’s way toward faith is not what...
