It’s always been allowed, and always will be,To introduce new words, fresh from the mint,Just as in forests in the changing yearNew leaves come in and the oldest drop away,And the new ones bloom and prosper in their time. —Horace, “The Art of Poetry” Change, relentless change, is the keynote of language. A young person
REVIEW: ”Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History’ by Chris Whipple Getty Images The amount of effort that went into helping Joe Biden prepare for the CNN debate on June 27, 2024, is farcical in retrospect. Hell, it was farcical at the time. The campaign built a
In a hole in the ground there lived some hobbits—not a nasty, dirty, wet hole. Silicon Valley isn’t known for those. But a respectable place in a respectable town—and yet, somehow, these hobbits ended up going out on a great adventure. They may have lost the neighbors’ respect, but they gained…well, you will see whether
An unhappy marriage: Radical Islam and communism “are strange bedfellows,” writes the Hudson Institute’s Mike Watson. “Nonetheless, across much of Asia, an increasing number of countries are welcoming both,” as this week’s jihadist attack in Kashmir makes clear. “Pakistan is the classic example of this nexus,” Watson writes. “Its intelligence services allegedly supported the Taliban
As India mourns the dozens of tourists murdered in Kashmir this week by jihadists and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vows to pursue them and their backers “to the ends of the earth,” India and Pakistan are at daggers drawn. New Delhi has already closed the land border and suspended a key water-sharing agreement, and the
United Steelworkers president David McCall is pressing the Trump administration to kill Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel’s $15 billion merger, noting in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that he remains “unalterably” opposed to the deal. It’s an awkward position for McCall to be in, given that many of his local union leaders and
Few have done more to ensure Donald Trump’s political success, which is good for America Former president Barack Obama flashes Nazi hand gesture (Getty Images) Democrats love Barack Obama, the former president best known for his malignant narcissism and historically inept athleticism. Republicans hate him. Recent reporting suggests that both parties should seriously reconsider their