When someone emerges from a challenging childhood to become a successful adult and writes a memoir about the experience, one of two narratives usually emerges: The first, and most lucrative in today’s market, is what might be called the “wallowing” narrative. Such books settle personal and familial scores; recount excessive drug use, promiscuity, and other
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was born in Russia in 1873 and died in the United States in 1943. Composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, he was another of those gifts the great tyrants of Europe—Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler—bestowed on America. An aristocrat, an artist, a man of spiritual depth, Rachmaninoff was in every way a man of the
REVIEW: ‘You’re Not Alone: The Conservative Woman’s Guide to College’ by Karin A. Lips Guillermo Spelucin/Grabien Somewhere, in some sorority house, a Brittany and a Jess discuss what color glitter they should paint this year’s rush banner. Brittany prefers red and white—’Bama colors—and Jess wants pink to match Alpha Phi’s recruitment bid-day theme of “Dream
Our 81-year-old president loses yet another battle with the Air Force One staircase President Joe Biden, 81, apparently likes to brag about having “good sex” with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D., but that could just be another sign of the rapidly advancing dementia in his brain. This week Biden finally paid a visit to
The Biden administration let it be known on Thursday that the president is considering taking executive action to address the crisis at the southern border. News outlets appeared impressed. Axios called the leaked White House plan to limit asylum claims President Joe “Biden’s Bold and Risky Border Move.” Politico declared it a “sweeping new approach.”
California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell, known for using his campaign war chest as a “personal piggy bank,” according to watchdog group American Accountability Foundation, spent campaign funds at the Super Bowl and paid $50,000 to NFL teams for “event tickets,” records show. Swalwell, a San Francisco 49ers superfan, attended the big game in Las Vegas
President Joe Biden’s approval rating for his record on immigration has hit a new low, with 67 percent of Americans disapproving of and only 28 percent looking favorably on his handling of the issue, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday. The low mark on immigration came amid the Biden administration’s failure to manage