Unprincipled triangulation and a stained blue dress notwithstanding, one of Bill Clinton’s more irksome legacies is that of presidential wannabes showcasing their personal tales of woe, as if leading the free world is an audition for a daytime talk show. Clinton, you might recall, entered the national stage as a child of modest means devoid
History has been kind to Marcus Aurelius, emperor of Rome from 161-180 A.D. Born to a patrician family in 121 A.D., his father died when he was three or four, but his mother Domitia Lucilla, a woman of remarkable intellect, saw the high potential in her son and acquired the best tutors for him. Marcus’
Between remembering and forgetting, treasuring and tossing out, feeling without sentimentalizing… These are the spaces Bee Wilson navigates with the precision of a drafting pen in her collection of memento stories, The Heart-Shaped Tin. The blurbs on its book jacket—a rare line-up absent of hyperbole—reflect the fact that the British author has become something of
Anti-fossil fuel activist Manny Rutinel seeks to represent a district responsible for 4 percent of all US crude oil output Colorado State Representative Manny Rutinel speaks at the YIMBY Denver Legislative Kickoff Event in Denver, Colorado, on February 15, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons/Andybosselman) Colorado Democrat Manny Rutinel and dozens of other protesters stormed the Yale Bowl
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, in an appearance in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire, reiterated his use of the term “apartheid” to describe Israel and did not correct his chosen interviewer, who falsely claimed “every expert” has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide.” Newsom, who has opposed a proposed one-time
It’s the highest own-party approval rating of any 21st-century president at this point in a second term President Donald Trump’s aggregate approval rating among Republican voters has climbed to 86 percent amid Operation Epic Fury, the highest own-party approval rating recorded for any 21st-century president at this point in a second term, CNN’s chief data
Ninety-three percent of self-described ‘MAGA or Trump Conservatives’ also said they approve of the United States-Israel alliance Donald Trump (White House) More than 9 in 10 self-described “MAGA or Trump Conservatives” say they approve of the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against the Iranian regime, according to a new poll from the Vandenberg Coalition and TargetPoint shared