The Anti-Democrat

Photographs by Nic Antaya You won’t find a much harsher critic of the Democratic Party than the progressive trying to secure its nomination for Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed. When…

What Anthony Fauci Didn’t Say

Sitting in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today, Anthony Fauci twirled his pen. He huffed and straightened his shoulders. He glanced down at a…

The Revelatory Cringe of Anthony Fauci

Source: YouTube Summary My teenage daughter has a diary. It’s pink and, most important, has an elaborate lock on it. And if I could go back in time to 2020,…

The New iPhone Underclass

Buying a new smartphone comes with lots of decisions. iPhone Pro or iPhone Air? “Cosmic Orange” or “Deep Blue”? Now there’s a new consideration to add to the list: buy…

The Great Chinese Oil Mystery

Source: YouTube Summary When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, experts warned that oil prices could hit $150 or $200 a barrel within a few weeks. The great mystery…

Rural America’s Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Much Worse

The nation’s crisis in maternity care and newborn health is concentrated in the countryside—and federal policy is about to make that crisis significantly worse. In the months and years ahead,…

Why Kids Can’t Quit Roblox

Source: YouTube Summary A couple of years ago, Peter Galassi realized that he had a problem: His 9-year-old son was still, somehow, constantly on Roblox, despite the screen-time limits Galassi…

Independence Day

Masonic sheep grazing on hillsides in Virginia, appearing there like mystic popcorn in the long Jeffersonian $2 bill– tinted twilight of early July, yippee-ki-yay. Sheep with human eyes.

Photos: Kayaking in the Los Angeles River

Justin Sullivan / Getty An aerial view of a kayaker paddling along the Los Angeles River during an LA River Expeditions tour in Los Angeles, California, on July 26, 2026…

The Trump Administration Tells the Truth

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