Day: October 14, 2024

Not so long ago, dogs were valued primarily for the jobs they performed. They hunted, herded livestock, and guarded property,...

“Cancer,” Susan Sontag observed in Illness as Metaphor, “is a rare and still scandalous subject for poetry; and it seems...

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A year of conflict in the Middle East has destroyed the foreign-policy approach of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei....

On August 7, 2022, Shantise Summers arrived home from a night out with friends around 2:40 a.m. As she walked...

People often have mixed feelings about their birthdays, especially as they age. Countries can experience that too. For better or...

Contra Donald Trump’s claims, Vice President Kamala Harris is not a Communist. For one, no evidence suggests that she seeks...