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I have known Joseph Epstein for almost 40 years, but until I read his autobiography, I was unaware that he is not only one of the great essayists in English literature but also an amateur juggler. That makes sense, because no one juggles words better than he: They fall in surprising ways and make you

“My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple,” Ronald Reagan told Richard Allen, his future national security adviser, in 1977. “We win and they lose.” Reagan lived to see his policy come to fruition when the Soviet regime collapsed 14 years later. A new foreign policy roadmap by Matthew Kroenig and Dan

When I was 16, on the recommendation of Oprah Winfrey, I read Eat, Pray, Love (2006). The bestselling memoir tells of “one woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia,” as the subtitle puts it, documenting author Elizabeth Gilbert’s abandonment of her marriage in pursuit of pasta, yoga, and romance. The book was a

Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson said calls from progressives for Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire are “unseemly,” citing Sotomayor’s age in comparison with President Joe Biden’s. Sotomayor is 12 years younger than the octogenarian commander in chief. “I do find it rich that the same people who tell us that

Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson appeared Saturday on CNN, where she previewed former president Donald Trump’s impending Manhattan trial. Johnson said that any “sleaze” stemming from the case—Trump is accused of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels—will not impact the former president. “We