The question of whether President Donald Trump has turned the United States toward a new "state capitalism" -- one in which the government is not just economic referee but active player -- has been answered. His second term brings policies that go well beyond traditional Republican pro-market ...

It has been a week since young conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down at a rally on the campus of Utah Valley University in front of his wife and hundreds of attendees. In the days since, a suspect -- 22-year-old Tyler Robinson -- allegedly confessed to his father that he committed ...

When I was a kid, childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends. Most kids now experience a different childhood. Jonathan Haidt's bestselling book, "The Anxious Generation," talks about that. He calls it "a tragedy in two acts." "Act One, we lose ...

Superman is able to see through walls. Spider-Man can detect things with his Spidey-sense. Me? I can smell something in the next county. Yes, it's true. I am Super Smell Woman (not to be confused with the significantly less appealing Super Smelly Woman). I can detect unseen mold under a ...

What a difference half a decade makes. This summer's prevailing ethos, zeitgeist, vibe — call it any fancy name you want — was sharply different from the summer, just five years ago, of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. Such sudden changes in the moral atmosphere seem to occur every so ...

This week, most Americans were shocked by the images of Decarlos Brown Jr., a violent schizophrenic with a 14-count rap sheet, stabbing a young Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, to death on a Charlotte light rail commuter train. The video of the incident is absolutely horrifying: Brown, clad ...