Perhaps T.S. Elliot was wrong. July, not April, is the cruelest month, at least for GOP presidential contenders trying to supplant Donald Trump.Before July, the campaigns have excuses for why the momentum hasn’t kicked in yet. They can say they’re just in exploratory-committee mode, or ...
Each July, comics fans, professionals and scholars descend on San Diego, Calif., for Comic-Con International – a celebration of the art and business of the comics industry. Comic books used to be a niche genre of interest to a narrow subset of popular culture enthusiasts. Since the 1970s, ...
The conservative U.S. Supreme Court has been on my radar for some time. A recent commentary on the subject by Dave Ball, the former chairman of the Washington County Republican Party, published in this paper on Sunday, July 9, helped to solidify my thoughts. This rebuttal of Ball will also ...
What’s my takeaway from decades of exposure to the myriad ideas I’ve gotten from books?The eclectic compilation of literature in our home library ranges from the complete works of Mark Twain to one of the creators of CRISPR technology, Jennifer Doudna, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...
The Hollywood screenwriters picketing studios since May know that having famous actors beside them brings more attention to their cause. And the media got real interested in their strike when they could write headlines like “Hollywood Stars Join the Writers’ Picket Line.”The reporters ...
One of the most absurd claims the leading candidate for the GOP nomination makes about himself and his term in office is that he restored global respect to the United States. He said it frequently when he was in office, and stressed to Bret Baier three weeks ago that he’s running again ...
