Like most Marvel offerings, Thunderbolts* requires so much background knowledge that fine print seems appropriate, which may explain the asterisk at the end of the official name of the film. That typographical addendum, much discussed by Marvel fanboys during the promotional lead-up, turns out not to mean anything at all, unless one counts an in-joke […]
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, drawing an outcry from Democrats. Hayden was fired by email on Thursday, according to a message from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, which the Associated Press viewed. She had led the library since being confirmed by the Senate in 2016. “Carla,” the email began. “On […]
Journalists from the United States reporting on Canadian politics might search for an angle that does not revolve around the nation’s holy war against President Donald Trump. Such a search is in vain. Due to the president’s barrage of tariffs this year and machinations for bringing Canada under American control, every facet of the country’s […]
When Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) went to San Francisco a couple of years ago, his luggage was stolen. Every bag. He wasn’t the only one. At the time, smash-and-grab jobs were the preferred method of thieves looking for a quick score. Almost everyone who went to the airport and left their luggage in the car […]
My home state of Colorado used to shine as a Western American land of promise, where economic vigor and free-spirit vibes lured diverse transplants from around the globe. Migrants from great coastal cities likened it to a real-life version of Ayn Rand’s fictional, Colorado-based Galt’s Gulch, where industrialists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and artists established themselves to […]
President Donald Trump’s obsession with tariffs is driven in part by a desire to restore industries to the American communities they have increasingly abandoned. Maybe we would all be better off, though, if Hollywood weren’t a beneficiary of these tariff bailouts. Trump announced a 100% tariff on foreign films in a Truth Social post this […]
If you are ever graced with the opportunity to be in St. Peter’s Square when the white smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, the moment your eyes lock onto the plume will be etched in memory throughout earthly life. I stood under the piazza’s colonnade, sweaty and lugging my cumbersome duffle bag. It […]
Vice President JD Vance urged India and Pakistan to deescalate tensions as both countries launched mass drone attacks against each other, but the U.S. leader declined to intervene. The burgeoning conflict between India and Pakistan escalated significantly on Thursday, with both countries accusing each other of launching mass kamikaze drone strikes. Secretary of State Marco […]
President Donald Trump has appointed Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Earlier on Thursday, Trump conceded to reporters that his previous nomination for the post, Ed Martin, “wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought” after opposition in the Senate. He’s now appointing Pirro as his replacement. “I […]
Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pontiff on Thursday, making his debut with a speech to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square. The new Chicago-born pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is also the first pontiff whose first language is modern English. The England-born Pope Adrian IV (1154-1159), the last English-speaking pope, spoke […]
