Folk Culture

Shelley Duvall always seemed to be putting on a show. Consider her role as a tour guide named Suzanne in...

J. D. Vance’s rapid rise from obscurity to the vice-presidential nomination is an only-in-America tale—one that will shape what America...

For a child of the 1980s—like myself—the deaths of Ruth Westheimer and Richard Simmons over the past few days have...

For a long time, scientists have hypothesized that exposure to lead causes a measurable drop in IQ. I am beginning...

Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in Florida, has dismissed the case against former President Donald Trump involving hoarding sensitive documents...

After the wounding of Donald Trump, funeral orations for our democracy appeared everywhere on social media. I feel the gravitational...

The key to an effective presidential speech is saying the right thing at the right moment. By that standard, President...

Drive through Durham, North Carolina, where I live, and you might get the impression that marijuana is legal here. Retail...

Few generational stereotypes are more familiar to Americans than the overbearing mother needling her grown children to settle down and...

President Joe Biden has now promised a full accounting of how a 20-year-old man was nearly able to assassinate former...