Remembering Professor Richard Scolyer

Remembering Philip G. Duffy (1935–2026)

Remembering Philip G. Duffy (1935–2026)

Bob Venafro

Bob Venafro

His Roommate Accused Him of a Deliberate Household Sin. His Brilliant, Petty Response Was to Steal His Most Valuable Chess Piece.

Check. Mate! The post His Roommate Accused Him of a Deliberate Household Sin. His Brilliant, Petty Response Was to Steal His Most Valuable Chess Piece. appeared first on TwistedSifter.

From The Back Forty: With a Chair and Whip JD Vance Visits ‘The View’

From The Back Forty: With a Chair and Whip JD Vance Visits ‘The View’

Timothy Snyder: “On Tyranny” and Our 250th Birthday

Timothy Snyder is a leading historian of Europe. He was a professor at Yale University. Last year, he accepted a professorship and chair at the University of Toronto, because he feared that Trump was taking the U.S. into a fascist future. He wrote this post for publication today. It includes a video, which you may Continue reading

The Declaration of Independence at 250: An interview with Bradley J. Birzer

Bradley J. Birzer, professor of history at Hillsdale College since 1999, is a prolific author and a good friend. He has written books on Russell Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Dawson, Charles Carroll, and drumming legend [...]

Morgan McSweeney and the lessons for Andy Burnham

Morgan McSweeney and the lessons for Andy Burnham

John Dewar’s very public humiliation

The former vice chancellor of La Trobe University was once held in high regard. It's hard to imagine him ever regaining that standing. The post John Dewar’s very public humiliation appeared first on Crikey.

QUENTIN LETTS: Cliche-spouting Starmer was mediocrity in a suit. One of history's feeblest non-entity PMs, only us sketch writers will miss him...

QUENTIN LETTS: Cliche-spouting Starmer was mediocrity in a suit. One of history's feeblest non-entity PMs, only us sketch writers will miss him...

Founding Myths—With Tad Stoermer

Matt DaSilva, Jonathan Smucker, Aaron Regunberg On this episode of Fighting Fascism, historian Tad Stoermer revisits the American founding, exploring the Revolution, the fight over the Constitution, and the enduring legacy of democratic dissent. The post Founding Myths—With Tad Stoermer appeared first on The Nation.

Opinion | John M. Perkins Is Gone, But His Work Continues

Ronnie C. Crudup writes about his friend and mentor, the late John M. Perkins. The post Opinion | John M. Perkins Is Gone, But His Work Continues appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Everybody Knows This Guy, And We Don’t Like Him

I wanted to open this piece by drawing a parallel between Graham Platner and someone from my personal life. I thought of an acquaintance I knew who once had an abusive, manipulative, serially adulterous boyfriend, but that didn’t quite fit. I thought of another acquaintance born into immense family wealth who oozes charisma but just ...

Ernst von Salomon: An Exceptional Destiny

by Robert Steuckers STEUCKERS Robert and Arktos Journal Jul 06, 2026 In this interview for Écrits de Rome, Robert Steuckers offers a wide-ranging reassessment of Ernst von Salomon, the Freikorps veteran, national-revolutionary, and author whose work has been published in English by Arktos. EdR: Ernst von Salomon is [] The post Ernst von Salomon: An Exceptional Destiny first appeared on Attack the System.

STEM isn’t always welcoming to diversity. A California college program aims to curb that

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For Tré Willingham, pursuing a doctorate degree at UC Irvine has felt isolating at times. Often the only Black student in his science classes, he recalls being the last one to be chosen when activities required a lab partner. He also has never []

Professor Richard Scolyer remembered as a ‘national treasure’

Pioneering doctor Professor Richard Scolyer has been remembered as a national treasure at a state memorial service.

William McCaffery

Contributing Content Creator WILLIAM MCCAFFERY graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Law. He is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, but is now living in Virginia. In William’s free ... More » from William McCaffery The post William McCaffery appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

11 Historic Hidden Gems Around the DC Area

Josiah Henson Museum and Park location_on11410 Old Georgetown Rd., North Bethesda languageWebsite After escaping slavery in 1830, Reverend Josiah Henson became an author, abolitionist, speaker, and Underground Railroad conductor whose autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Built on the former plantation where Henson was once enslaved, this site offers exhibits and [] The post 11 Historic Hidden Gems Around the DC Area first appeared on Washingtonian.

I work as a personal trainer at 70 – I find retirement too boring

Alan Oak retrained in his late fifties after an early stop to his career left him cold

Bill Maher Gets Played by JD Vance on ‘Real Time,’ Admits He May Vote Republican in 2028

On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance paid a visit to the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in California and, as is his wont, put his foot squarely in his mouth. The “Hillbilly Elegy” author, who compared President Trump to Hitler before serving as his running mate, took it upon himself to defend Nixon’s legacy and []

‘Fox & Friends’ RV Giveaway Ends in a Surprise for All 6 Finalists

Viewers of “Fox Friends” have watched the show’s co-host, Steve Doocy, travel across the country in recent months ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebration. Today, Doocy joined his co-hosts at Liberty State Park in New Jersey to wrap up the “For All America” road trip with a live giveaway of a Camping World RV....

JD Vance, Milton Friedman, and the ‘Rahway Elegy’

The hidden hand still works better than the heavy hand.

Watergate Today as a Blip of a Story? Vance Might Not Be Entirely Wrong.

Vice President JD Vance, who once mused that Donald J. Trump might be a “cynical [expletive deleted]” like Richard M. Nixon, is now embracing a rosier comparison of the two presidents that is both ahistoric and, perhaps inadvertently, bracingly truthful. Speaking on Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., Mr. Vance []

Family pays tribute to 'funny, loyal and curious' son after fatal fall from London embankment

Fletcher Beasley, a 21-year-old student from Australia, died during the June heatwave and he has been remembered by loved ones as funny, loyal and curious

Um, Never Mind: Graham Platner’s Thing Was Being ‘A Real Working-Class White Guy’

Um, Never Mind: Graham Platner’s Thing Was Being ‘A Real Working-Class White Guy’

See Photos of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Husband Brad Hall as the Couple Celebrates Their 39th Wedding Anniversary

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall met at Northwestern University back in the '80s and the rest was history

Kenneth Clark and the Modernists’ Exodus

Was Kenneth Clark an enlightened tastemaker, or did he inhibit the rise in England of new and worthwhile artists?

Envoy cites CIA as EU helps Israel to tighten grip on Jerusalem

Michael Mann gives a selective reading of history during Mount Scopus visit.

Nietzsche’s Demon in Nazi & Zionist Education

Lawrence Davidson on the practical application of Nietzsche’s notion of eternal recurrence in the perverted Nazi and Zionist educational processes. By Lawrence Davidson TothePointAnalysis.com Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a brilliant, if idiosyncratic, German philosopher who managed to stay productive andRead more

Late NC State Coach Jack Roney Remembered as ‘One of Those Rare People’

A former NC State swimmer remembered late coach Jack Roney after his sudden death in a “tragic accident.” “Jack was one of those rare people who made everyone around him better,” Braden Holloway shared via Instagram on Tuesday, July 7. “He was an incredible friend, a devoted husband to Maresa, and an amazing dad to []

SIMMONS SAYS: Connor McDavid gave Darren Raddysh the thumbs-up 14 years ago

But is Raddysh a late developer or a one-year wonder?

You would have liked today's Darwin award winner. He had an electric smile and a spark in his eye [Dumbass]

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How Donny Hathaway turned this soft rock cover into America's defining song

LOS ANGELES — Donny Hathaway had already been expounding on the splendors and indignities of American life by the time he got to the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the last week of August 1971. A classically trained pianist with a declamatory ...

Report: Spurs hire Billy Donovan as lead assistant coach

Mitch Johnson adds experience and a hall of fame pedigree to his bench.

From Hollywood Writer to PragerU Co-Founder

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