The British author and satirist Craig Brown deserves credit for inventing a new style of royal biography in 2017 with his irresistibly readable Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret. (In his native country, it had the superior title Ma’am Darling.) This new genre, which might be called pointilliste biography, took its subject and, through a series
When Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, it was the culmination of his lifelong mission to declare America’s linguistic independence from Great Britain. A free people with a distinctive national identity required a distinctive language, and that meant fighting off foreign influence, particularly what one author calls “nostalgia for
‘Yeah, sure. But why not?’ Trump told podcast host Joe Rogan. In his Oct. 25 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, former President Donald Trump floated the idea of eliminating the income tax and substituting it with sweeping tariffs. Host Joe Rogan asked if the Republican presidential candidate had made the suggestion, as earlier
To date, the DMV has positively identified 1,896 who asked to be registered when applying for a driver’s license but weren’t added to the rolls. A judge has denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of South Carolina to compel South Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) and State Election Commission to
A video began circulating online this week, purporting to show someone ripping up ballot forms marked for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the FBI issued a joint statement on Oct. 25, declaring a video purporting to show someone ripping up
Lancaster election officials believe fraudulent applications were mixed into two batches of registration forms, together totaling around 2,500 applications. Election officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, announced they have flagged numerous potentially fraudulent voter registration forms. The suspected fraudulent forms were delivered in two batches, together totaling about 2,500 voter registration applications. Speaking at an Oct.
The Central Valley race was the second closest in the nation in 2022, decided by fewer than 600 votes. Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) and Democrat candidate Adam Gray met Oct. 25 in the Central Valley town of Modesto for their last debate before voters decide in November which one will represent California’s 13th District in