Taxpayers should see them as incredibly expensive.

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

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We can still hear in Lincoln’s final, lyrical turn something of what the American Revolution sounded like in his head: transcendent and alive. With good reason, he believed the same to be true for ...

Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet endorsed the first stage of a peace deal with Hamas, orchestrated by emissaries of President Donald Trump, the hard-line Israeli minister ...

They’ve clearly succeeded in elevating the issue of health care.

The latest Tron movie stumbles into newfound relevance amid its sci-fi nonsense.

Shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a son of missionaries visits a scenic overlook near the Los Angeles coast. The clearing is known for the Buddha statues hikers leave behind in the ...

Elon Musk’s embrace of Donald Trump continues to haunt his car company.

László Krasznahorkai is unusually experimental for a Nobel Prize winner, but in an unstable world, his selection feels perfectly timely.

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The humanitarian and NBA legend was grateful for the freedom he enjoyed, and understood the obligations that came with it. Today people think of happiness as something that results from the pursuit of ...