Julius Caesar, the NC state seal, and the Halifax Resolves
What does Julius Caesar have to do with North Carolina’s state seal and the Halifax Resolves? The Halifax State Historic Site will soon be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the…
American television sitcom (1989–1998)
What does Julius Caesar have to do with North Carolina’s state seal and the Halifax Resolves? The Halifax State Historic Site will soon be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the…
Brittany Bernstein of National Review Online highlights one Republican pollster’s assessment of 2022 election results. The 2022 midterm elections had all the makings of a red wave, but four key…
Ben Domenech writes for the Federalist about the potential long-term impact of pro athletes’ latest political antics. Pro sports is profoundly enjoyable as entertainment, and as human drama there are…
Stephen Kruiser explains at PJMedia.com why the current scandal involving the 44th president is (paraphrasing a famous “Seinfeld” scene) both real and spectacular. The American mainstream media has expended great…
The latest cover story of The American Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa’s quarterly journal, features a commentary on the #MeToo movement from author Sandra Gilbert, described in the editor’s note as…
Leave it to NPR to take note of the latest pop cultural phenomenon: Television is :finally on board with public transportation: In the 1990s and early 2000s, TV shows didn’t…
James Antle of the Daily Caller devotes a column to one way in which Hillary Clinton’s latest presidential run will be far different from the one that propelled her husband…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute assesses for National Review Online readers the likely impact of a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. It has been common to dismiss this vote as the…
Well, I suppose I should have expected … this. It follows logically from the voice of the neuter and a cultural elite that wishes to abolish manliness and raise men…
School children around the country are being subjected a 20-minute propaganda video called The Story of Stuff. It features Annie Leonard (wife of Seinfeld co-writer) explaining how natural resources are…
An “Under the Dome” item cites two recent polls from left-leaning and right-leaning groups that suggest the recent political party conventions had little effect on North Carolina voters. With plenty…
Should Durham have to pay a hefty price to the three Duke lacrosse players? Damn right they should. There’s lots of talk about the $30 million that lawyers for the…