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As we approached the Ellipse – the park south of the White House – the scene came into view all at once. In the distance stood a... Read More

Elvis Presley is on a short list of the most quintessentially American figures. He lived an American life, defined by humility and excess,... Read More

Tom Bower is the only celebrity biographer who does his job properly. All his biographies are unauthorized, from his first essay in the form,... Read More

The trouble with impressive new technologies is that they have the uncanny ability to expose the awfulness of our relationship to one... Read More

Few would consider Argentina’s legendary striker Lionel Messi an underdog. But the top-scoring player in World Cup history is in one... Read More

In only the last several years, corporate CEOs and conservative influencers have been killed in brazen attacks. Republican justices,... Read More

During the plague years of 2020 and 2021, I was a participant in a sub-realm of Twitter, made up of a mix of “facephag” and anon... Read More

Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens began turning 100 last year. An epochal centennial in American music! These 70-plus tracks,... Read More

PORTO, Portugal — Portugal feels awfully far away from America’s 250th-birthday celebrations this weekend, but a brand-new... Read More

I’ve never really liked the Resy interface. It’s functional when I know exactly where I want to eat and when, and can therefore... Read More

These United States we celebrate this weekend are a big and wondrous collection of beautiful places with a rich and glorious history. From... Read More

With America’s 250th anniversary upon us, we’ve been thinking about style—specifically, the women who embody American... Read More

TOWARD THE MIDDLE of Now I Surrender, the 2018 novel by Álvaro Enrigue newly translated by Natasha Wimmer, US Army Lieutenant Charles... Read More

Carol Burnett knows funny stuff. She has made enough of it on Broadway, in film and, for 11 seasons, on her eponymous award-winning variety... Read More

It’s the Fourth of July 2025, in Hannibal, Missouri, and what appears to be the town’s entire population has gathered in the... Read More

Ask about the unconscious and most neuroscientists will acknowledge its existence, grudgingly, before going on to explain that consciousness... Read More

Mass culture has been around since mass media, so there’s nothing new about large groups of people doing the same thing at the same... Read More

When most people think about female rock stars and punk heroes, they do not think about conservative broadcast journalists or opinion makers.... Read More

The last thing we should want to do with accounts of mystical or transcendent or contemplative experiences is send them to the taxidermist... Read More

If it seems odd to call Steven Spielberg a 21st-century filmmaker, that’s surely because Steven Spielberg has had an odd 21st century.... Read More

I I’ve spent too many hours in my life fighting the art populism wars, impotently feuding against the dominant cultural impulse of our... Read More

What should a summer book provide? Escapism, sure—no one wants to sit on a sun lounger reading about a sweaty commute. Also,... Read More

In the summer of 2020, Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, was very close to becoming vice president of the United States.... Read More

Tomorrow is July 4, 2026, and if you’re a student of American history, you know what that means: It means I’ll be trying to... Read More

It’s America’s 250th birthday, and I just got back from the Great American State Fair in D.C. Everyone seemed in good spirits,... Read More

Grocery tourism is the hot trend of 2026 according to Condé Nast Traveler. This is all well and good, but also a bit late to the... Read More

Cycling is not an easy sport to get into as a fan. Unlike most team sports—and you learn quickly that cycling is a team sport—you... Read More

Being in Britain around the Fourth of July is always an odd experience for an American. It was especially awkward to be at the Alliance for... Read More

China controls key chokepoints in some of America's most critical supply chains, including rare earth minerals, semiconductors,... Read More

FOX News contributor, Samizdat Prize winner, and author of "Rage and the Republic," Jonathan Turley reacts to the Supreme Court's decision to... Read More

Eyes deceive in Steven Spielberg’s latest blockbuster. Disclosure Day, the storied director’s fifth film in which humans... Read More

The rise of Civic Thought programs and the demise of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs are two of the main hallmarks of this... Read More