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You've probably heard the refrain before, but it bears repeating: The West is the best. As I write this, it's nearly one hundred degrees Fahrenheit here in Brooklyn. Thank God for air cond ...

Excerpted from Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy (Creed & Culture), published on February 3, 2026. +++++ "Through the aid of applied science we sh ...

Bob Woodson died peacefully at his home on the evening of May 19, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a national treasure, beloved by the thousands he served through the Woodson Center for over four decade ...

The battle between the power of government and individual liberty has been the enduring struggle throughout American history. When Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence in 1776, he h ...

I find failure fascinating. My first scholarly articles explored well-meaning Army General William Westmoreland's Vietnam War disaster. I never thought I'd see that happen again. Then came ...

*This review contains spoilers* "We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." That's one of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes, from Lady Windermere's F ...

As the 2026 film season unfolds and Oscar buzz begins to build, sequels and franchise returns are everywhere. From Toy Story 5 to Scream 7, studios are betting big on familiar titles. B ...

Rosalia is a young Spanish popstar, but if you're American like me, you probably had no idea who she was until a couple months ago. To me, the new generation of Latin musicians -- rappers l ...

On a recent Tuesday evening in Nashville, I stood for an hour in a long line on the front porch of the Nashville Songwriters Association building on Music Row, along with about a hundred other would-b ...

Sometimes certain books just sort of seem to fall into your hands, out of the blue, and resonate. Maybe it was the C.S. Lewis endorsement on the back of Arthur C. Clarke's 1954 sci-fi novel Chil ...