In Britain, July 4 Is Mostly Just a Saturday
There will be fireworks and fanfare on one side of the Atlantic, as the United States celebrates the anniversary of...
In Backing President Trump’s Policies, Justice Alito Finds His Moment
As a boy in suburban New Jersey, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. lay awake at night, listening to the click...
The Purgatory Job Market of 2026
I spent the past few weeks talking to people across the country who are looking for work in our low-hire,...
Will the New Supreme Leader Attend His Father’s Funeral?
The funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s slain supreme leader, are underway, a weeklong event held across five cities...
The Huckster Shaman Who Founded a Cult
AMERICAN TRICKSTER: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda, by Ru Marshall Does anyone under 50 know who Carlos Castaneda was?...
What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
Do you know how to get an American company to grant you excellent wages and amazing benefits, even for an...
No One Wants to Hear It, but Maybe We’re Not That Polarized
Many Americans fear that the country is coming apart. Approximately half of Republicans and four in 10 Democrats said in...
The Lake House That Taught Me How to Dad
Fourth of July weekends at my aunt’s and uncle’s lake house, an hour south of St. Louis, gave me some...
Founding Father vs. Foundering Toddler
I found myself gazing at George Washington’s teeth the other day. They weren’t wooden, as lore has it. On a...
The Unifying Speech We Won’t Get This Independence Day
My fellow Americans: On this 250th anniversary of our great republic, I think we’re unlikely to have a unifying address...
America at 250
On this Fourth of July, the United States turns 250. A quarter of a millennium is long enough to make...
What to Know About Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Funeral Services Begin
For more than three decades, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crushed challenges at home while building Iran into a formidable regional power....
For Cape Verde, There’s Victory in Defeat
The atmosphere in Palmarejo, a middle-class neighborhood in Praia, the capital of the tiny country of Cape Verde, was electric...
Iran Projects Unity to the World While Pursuing a Crackdown at Home
As Iran’s government prepared this week to hold the funeral for its slain supreme leader that is expected to project...
How the ‘Beautiful Game’ Is Deflecting America’s Political Turmoil
On Sundays, protesters assemble on the corner near the ACME Hot and Fresh T-shirt store in Lawrence, Kansas, incensed by...
