The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen of Southern California, contributed to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. On social media, he also slammed the First Amendment pocket square journalists were donning at last night’s dinner. An image of the suspect that President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social platform. The suspected White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter,
In his 1994 survey of Lincoln in American Memory, Merrill D. Peterson identified five themes which have summed-up the meaning of Abraham Lincoln for Americans since Lincoln’s death in 1865. Those five themes hold little surprise—Lincoln as Savior of the Union, Lincoln as the Great Emancipator, Lincoln as the Man of the People, Lincoln as
It’s hard to write a good oral history. The stop-start nature of the form makes it difficult to develop a narrative, and also the sometimes-uneven rhythm impedes the author’s ability to develop a larger message. Studs Terkel’s Hard Times is usually considered one of the best of the genre. It succeeded because the book used
REVIEW: ‘Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks’ by Benjamin Hale In 2001, six-year-old Haley Zega got lost on a family hike in the Arkansas wilderness. She was found after three days where she survived drinking river water. Now there’s a book about it. What does it take to be a book?
For wayward souls craving a dose of old-school, real-deal country music, there’s an obscure but surefire remedy, a 1973 low-budget cult movie called Payday. It stars wild-man actor Rip Torn in a career performance as Maury Dann, a pill-popping, pistol-toting, whiskey-swigging country singer with scimitar sideburns and a bad attitude working his way down the
Kind words and accolades poured in after this week’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple’s CEO. The tech magnate has been at the helm since 2011, and Apple has enjoyed a remarkable run during that time. At the personal level, Cook’s success is a wonderful reminder of the many blessings Americans enjoy
The new biopic about Michael Jackson offers snapshots of his life from ages 8 to 24. It doesn’t have a plot, really, just a timeline in which he gradually moves toward separating himself from his abusive father. With the exception of his early plastic surgeries, which he ascribes to a desire to make his face