UCLA law professor Stuart Banner’s new book is simply the finest and most valuable book ever written about the U.S. Supreme Court, a work of such erudite breadth and interpretive sophistication that in a world governed by merit, it would be a slam-dunk winner of an upcoming Pulitzer Prize. Yet in today’s deeply degraded media
A growing body of evidence has emerged indicating that China is making significant headway in its plans to conquer Taiwan. In early January 2025, the Naval News published satellite photos revealing the construction of D-Day-style landing barges at the Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China. The barges have “unusually long road bridges extending from their bows,”
REVIEW: ‘Invisible Helix: A Detective Galileo Novel’ by Keigo Higashino (us.macmillan.com) By the end of the 19th century, translations of mystery fiction (novels as well as short stories) from Britain, France, the United States, and elsewhere had appeared in Japan, where they attracted considerable interest. In fact, during the period when “mysteries” became a global
Adam Schiff and Chuck Schumer have described Donald Trump’s dismissal of 17 inspectors general as a “chilling purge” aimed at eliminating “accountability for malfeasance.” Scott Walter and Sarah Lee of the Capital Research Center say it’s not just the fulfillment of a Trump campaign promise, but there’s no scandal in sight. Though the federal government’s
This year’s Munich Security Conference is an unusually consequential one since it begins as the Trump administration turns its attention to the Russo-Ukrainian war. Even as Trump’s delegation discusses terms with Ukrainians and Russians, and occasionally updates the other Europeans, the Middle East is watching to see if the ceasefire deal in Gaza will hold.
President Trump’s firing of 17 inspectors general puts him on the path to fulfill a campaign promise: making inspectors general independent from the people they investigate. Elon Musk with President Donald Trump and his son X (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) If the federal government’s fleet of inspectors general had been doing their jobs, would DOGE even
The board turned to former Reuters editor Stephen Adler to defend Russiagate awards (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) The Pulitzer Prize board dropped its opposition this week to President Donald Trump’s efforts to obtain a confidential report that defended the board’s awards to the New York Times and Washington Post for their coverage of