Folk Culture

In the first season of Emily in Paris, the show’s plucky American heroine doesn’t speak a lick of French. For...

Only months before November’s elections, the Republican National Committee has launched a new legal attack on the rules that govern...

Taylor Swift fans are not endorsing Donald Trump en masse. Kamala Harris did not give a speech at the Democratic...

When the electorate is seething, a triumphant political party becomes a vessel for discontent. But in the elections that have...

Gena Rowlands was an up-and-coming stage actor when she married the actor and director John Cassavetes in 1954. Beginning with...

Mainstream economists hold sacred the notion that central banks must be shielded from political influence. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s fundamental...

A decade ago, I opened a restaurant in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and found out quickly how perilous our local economy can...

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When Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt last month, every decent American responded with gratitude for the luck that saw...

During Donald Trump’s crude and shambolic first run for president in 2016, Michelle Obama offered a mission statement for the...