Gene Veith

Of course the U.S.A. would end at Christ's return or some catastrophe of mass destruction, but I'm thinking of a terminus of an identifiable political order.

I know because I was there. I happened to be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 1976. I didn't plan to be there. It just sort of happened. (How could that have been 50 years ago?)

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) is said to have been a showcase for 20th-century war technology, a proving ground for the hardware and tactics that would be used in World War II.

Some Christian nationalists are calling for a “confessional state,” establishing Christianity as the national religion that steers the government.

General William Tecumseh Sherman , who did his best to make it so. But there must be something about it that human beings have always found compelling.

I have been critical of the AI revolution, but economist Tyler Cowen offers a more optimistic take. He argues that the combination of AI and the fertility crash will turn the world into a small town with all of the small town virtues.

Did you know that the weekend–that is, two days off after five days of work–didn't exist until the 1920s and wasn't standard until 1938? Before that, everyone worked six days a week.

Republicans are re-funding planned parenthood. The end of having brothers and sisters. Prestigious literary prizes going to AI-generated entries.

Summertime and the living is easy. Vacations. Lying out on a beach. Doing nothing and then taking a nap.

post-literacy , in which reading is no longer valued.