Japan transformed from an expansionist military power to a pacifist state within a decade after World War II, adopting a firmly non-nuclear posture after suffering atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet Japan possesses one of the most advanced civilian nuclear infrastructures in the world, technically capable of creating nuclear weapons. As debates in the […]

On Sunday, February 22, 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, who authorities say breached the secure perimeter of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort armed with a shotgun and a gas can, was reportedly shot and killed by the United States Secret Service. President Trump was not at his Florida residence at the time of the incident. Christopher Rufo, […]

The combined bombing campaign that began in Iran Saturday morning, decapitating senior leadership and hammering military targets across the map, may look like a massive undertaking. And it is — for Israel. Iran looks like an existential threat. It is — for Israel. An invasion does not run on slogans. It runs on fuel. For […]

The New Testament didn’t just shape Christian belief — it shaped early Christian life. And with it came a set of names that feel surprisingly modern and usable, even if most of them never made it into mainstream naming culture. Here are 10 New Testament names worth a second look. 1. Phoebe Romans 16:1-2 Phoebe […]

President Donald Trump exchanged threats with remnants of the Iranian regime ahead of the second day of the joint U.S.-Israeli regime-change strikes on the West Asian nation. Tehran, evidently keen to test Trump’s resolve despite losing most of its military and political leaders in Saturday’s assassinations, sought to make good on its tough talk with […]

If there’s a consensus talking point among the critics of the military action against Iran, it’s that it’s an “unnecessary war of choice.” The complaint doesn’t stand up, but it’s so frequently repeated that it’s worth a careful look to understand precisely why not. The Democratic nominee who lost to President Donald Trump in 2024 […]

The suspected gunman who killed 2 and wounded 14 others Sunday morning in a shooting in Austin, Texas, wore a sweatshirt that read “Property of Allah” and a shirt bearing the Iranian flag, the Associated Press reported. The New York Post added soon after that authorities found a Quran in the suspect’s car, while CBS […]

Paul Burrell was a footman to Queen Elizabeth II from 1976 to 1987, and then an eyewitness to the marriage of Prince Charles, who is now King Charles III, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who is now beatified as a human sacrifice to the House of Windsor. The Royal Insider is a cattily […]

Since its inception as an academic discipline, criminology has concerned itself first and foremost with the question of why people commit crime. Beginning with their earliest research, criminologists gathered extensive data on large groups of people to try to disentangle which variables predicted offending. With sufficiently large samples and adequate measurements, these criminologists thought, they […]

Ever wonder what the six teeth on all Venetian gondolas signify? (The six districts of Venice.) Or why and how chicken wing flats are stripped out to form a “meat umbrella” during competitive eating contests? (Much easier to consumer them faster.) Or why some movie stars are credited as “with” or “and”? (They indicate a […]