I hate writing about President Donald Trump. In fact, I actively avoid it, and my blood pressure has benefited greatly over the last five years as a result. But today, two days after the president of the U.S. sicced thousands of armed domestic terrorists on the center of his own government, I’m close enough to [...]
Read More“Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo,” begins writer Joseph Epstein’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed calling on First Lady-elect Dr. Jill Biden to stop referring to herself as a doctor. The article itself is so demeaning, ludicrous and poorly written — its thesis is, “Think about it, Dr. Jill, and forthwith drop the doc” — that it [...]
Read MoreAs we all settled in to watch the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, none of us expected to be witnesses to a squabble between preschoolers. Moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace’s remarks cast the debate as a war zone, stating he’s “never been through anything like this.” In the aftermath of the debate, [...]
Read MoreNot many members of the American judiciary ever become celebrities. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was quite the exception, and the extent to which the nation has grieved her death is a testament to that. Throughout her 27-year tenure, she single-handedly reshaped American law, issuing famously scathing dissents and establishing enduring precedents. She made the U.S. [...]
Read MorePeople need each other, and we always have. For millennia, philosophers have known “man [to be] by nature a social animal,” and in the last few centuries, modern medicine has systematized this understanding. That mental health has plummeted nationwide in the last nine months, then, should hardly come as a surprise. All of us are [...]
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