French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
Elle Purnell writes for the Federalist about another sign of Europe’s decline. One of Europe’s crown jewels, a centuries-old relic of irreplaceable artistic and historical import, has fallen into the…
Miklos Radvanyi writes for Townhall.com about the Russian strongman’s approach to his regime. [T]he creation of the amateurish incompetence of the 20th century Soviet Union cum Russia that has given…
Philip Wallach of the American Enterprise Institute raises concerns about one aspect of the new president’s approach to his office. President Donald Trump offered up a quotation of his own:…
Jared Whitley writes at Townhall.com about a pending update of one of George Orwell’s most famous books. It was reported recently that Hollywood is making a new animated version of…
The latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features Thomas Spoehr’s reaction to the growing influence of the woke among American military institutions. Complaints by veteran soldiers about younger generations who…
John O’Sullivan offers National Review Online readers an assessment of the proper course of action for Donald Trump and national Republican Party leaders, “if politicians were rational beings.” Faced with…
Rich Lowry explains at National Review Online why he’s not one of the pundits promising doom and gloom in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Democracy…
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest National Review Online column explores today’s European turmoil from a historical perspective: Most European grandees recently felt that the American cowboys got what they deserved in…
The author of this pseudonymous NRO piece argues that there are great differences between the establishment of the National Health Service in Great Britain and Obamacare here. Hence, he concludes,…
In today’s WSJ, Fred Barnes has a good column in which he argues that if the Obamacrats succeed in passing their “reform” bill and shackling Americans to thoroughly federalized health…
Law professor Todd Zywicki has an excellent article in today’s Wall Street Journal on the way the Obama administration has been strangling the rule of law to secure benefits for…
The following comes from In the Grip of the Distant Universe: The Science of Inertia by Peter and Neal Graneau: In 1799, Napoleon-Bonaparte appointed Laplace to be his minister of…