The annals of political imagery are replete with disasters, moments when the most carefully crafted public persona dissolves in a moment of ludicrous self-parody. Some of these have become clichés.

They call it broken heart syndrome. The clinical term is takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a name that sounds like something plucked from a Japanese horror film. But the horror is very real — and very Western ...

Over the past 10 years, the radical ideologues who dominate school boards and educational leadership roles across the country ...

My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing what President Donald Trump has since called the “12 ...

The Booksmith, a San Francisco shop that features a “Books, Not Bans” campaign on its website, pulled every J.K. Rowling title from its store this week. Literature lovers can tell you all about the ...

Massive protests in Kenya’s major cities have resulted in the death of at least 16 individuals, with 400 injuries reported by the human rights group Amnesty International.  Wednesday’s protest marked ...

It’s tough times for those of us who love to party. Turns out, the days are now insanely long, and the nights super short, thanks to some summer solstice nonsense that sounds to me like the first ...

When President Donald Trump formed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he chose Elon Musk to lead the charge. The mission: eliminate $2 trillion in federal waste to help balance the ...

President Donald Trump has been adamant for over a decade that Iran cannot be permitted to develop nuclear weapons. His reasoning is simple: the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regularly leads his ...

In February 1976, 19-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis died at Fort Dix, New Jersey, from a respiratory illness. Testing ...

The headline from our friends at the Wall Street Journal could not be more blunt. It read: “Mediator Proposes $20 Million Settlement in Trump’s CBS Suit: Potential package would include a donation, ...

I’ve got four predictions about serious things (and one about something not quite that serious) that I’ll throw your way in this 5QT entry. That’s all the introduction you’re going to get. It’s all ...