Almost immediately after the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, a brand-new debate broke out about whether there should be a second one. Some of the chief points of contention are who would host a second debate and what it would say about who won the first. The Harris […]
Gas prices decreased once again on Friday, with the average price for a gallon of regular gas dropping to $3.23, according to AAA. The price of regular gas has been falling for weeks now, dropping from the year’s highest price in April 2024, when the national average was $3.611 per gallon, to the monthly average […]
It has now been nearly two months since the Democratic Party forced President Joe Biden to forgo the nomination in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. When that unprecedented event occurred, people were left asking, what kind of campaign will she run? The answer by this point is clear. Hers is a Seinfeld campaign, about […]
The simple fact that an old movie is beloved, fondly remembered, or the object of cult fascination does not necessarily mean it has lasting cultural currency. After all, we live among a tidal wave of so-called content that recycles the cinematic highlights and lowlights of the 1980s, but so many of these reboots and rehashes […]
“If you vote for me, on day one, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht,” former President Donald Trump said at the Libertarian National Convention in May. In July, Trump said at a Bitcoin conference, where many Libertarians were present, “Today I repeat my promise to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht.” Many Trump […]
Among the weathered and once-cracked headstones in Michigan’s historic Brighton Village Cemetery, the dual grave markers for Lt. Col. John Gilluly stand out. It was a late summer day when I was drawn to Gilluly’s resting place by one of the intricate Victorian silhouettes displayed throughout the city of Brighton that depict its 19th century […]
The singer Morrissey is about to release his 16th solo album, Without Music the World Dies. Meanwhile, his 15th solo album, Bonfire of Teenagers, has gone unreleased for three years. Morrissey (forename Steven, former band The Smiths, foremost lyricist in English pop) said Capitol Records refused to release Bonfire of Teenagers because of its eponymous title song. “Bonfire of […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign says it will be more aggressive after her well-received debate performance against former President Donald Trump. But her overall media strategy remains much more cautious than that of her opponent. Her campaign released a memo Thursday promising “more media engagements” — but only with local press in battleground states. She […]
Mat Staver is the former dean of Liberty University’s law school, a snow-haired 67-year-old who has argued two cases before the Supreme Court. For a week last month, he acted as much like an old-time blues musician. The founder of Liberty Counsel, an Orlando, Florida-based Christian legal group, Staver hit the road to meet evangelical […]
In the past two years, Congress has been stuck in chaos. Military conflicts on foreign continents, a historic effort to overthrow a sitting House speaker, and a constant series of showdowns over government funding. On Sept. 10, Congress went back to deal with a seemingly quaint and antique matter, the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasn’t, of […]
