In less than a month, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which is referred to as the nation's birthday. I don't know if I see that as completely accurate, since there were so many other events before and after that had enormous ...

Something important is happening in Washington that many political observers did not expect to see this early in President Donald Trump's second term. For the first time since Republicans regained unified control of Washington, significant numbers of Republican senators and House members are ...

One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party's growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men ...

This one is for all of the Pride and Prejudice lovers out there. Speaking of lovers, let’s take a moment to pause and think of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. Ahhhhh. “The Other Bennet Sister” has finally come to America on Brit Box (very well done), and I’ve discovered the author Shannon ...

Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most serious injuries is almost four hours away in Fargo. Yet the elders in ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence is now promoting his new book, "What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the American Conscience." Distinct from most stuff appearing now for the nation's 250th birthday, Pence's book is targeted not at the nation as whole, but at the Republican Party in ...