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.
The organization says the state is targeting pro-life clinics over their constitutionally protected speech. A Catholic, pro-life community health clinic sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week in federal court over his efforts to shut down abortion pill reversal services. The new legal complaint in Culture of Life Family Services Inc. v. Bonta was
Brooklyn Democrat party leaders are expecting a higher voter turnout this year due to the U.S. presidential candidacy of vice president Kamala Harris. Democratic Party leaders in Brooklyn hosted the 2024 Supreme Court Judicial Candidate Forum this week, where judicial candidates introduced themselves and answered questions from the audience. A hodgepodge of sitting civil and
Amish Shah takes Democrat primary, while Maricopa County recorder is ousted. PHOENIX—Kari Lake, Rep. Ruben Gallego, Abe Hamadeh, and other prominent politicians were a focus of attention during Arizona’s primaries on July 30. Lake won her Republican primary race for U.S. Senate and will face Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego in November. Hamadeh beat Masters for
The special election has been scheduled for Nov. 5, the same day as the general election. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that a special election will be held to fill a congressional seat that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-Texas) recent death left vacant. Abbott issued a proclamation on Aug. 2, ordering a special election