The Supreme Court justice suggested he believes the judiciary should be independent. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch responded Aug. 4 to the Biden administration’s calls to reform the high court by urging proponents to “be careful” with such proposals, stressing that he believes it’s important for the judiciary to be independent. President Joe Biden last
Jay Stone has taken legal action to see that state and federal laws prohibiting the giving of inducements to register and vote are enforced. Wisconsinite Jay Stone, president of the citizens’ group Honest, Open, and Transparent Government, has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) alleging that the nonprofit organization Pizza to the
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, will announce her running mate in the upcoming days from a shortlist that includes Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Premium Picks Vice presidential candidates are often chosen to
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, will announce her running mate in the upcoming days from a short list that includes Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Premium Picks Vice presidential candidates are often chosen
The bookshop is the pool-hall for nerds. For those of us who look upon books as near-sacred objects and the places where they are sold as temples of sorts, bookshops are places of pleasure, education, and camaraderie, and as such are indispensable to the good life. Note please I write “bookshops,” not “bookstores.” A store
Israel is fighting its most devastating war in half a century. In his new book Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated, Daniel Pipes offers a look at the history leading up to that conflict, and what the Jewish state can do to achieve a final and lasting peace. Pipes, a Harvard-trained
REVIEW: ‘The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading’ by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Before I went off to college, I would frequent libraries and bookstores, both large and small. One formative and saddening memory was of the local Borders—if you remember Borders—closing for good.