When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot? Both. Sensuous embracer of life or self-mortifying freak? Both. Exhibitionist or recluse? Anarchist or company man?

The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided.

Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted.

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

A s he sat in prison in 1930, at the opening of a fateful decade, the Italian anti-fascist Antonio Gramsci wrote: “The crisis ...

The government is changing what foods can be branded as “healthy.” It expects basically no one to listen.

He doesn’t believe anything. That’s why he wins. L ast week, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Morgan Ortagus, a ...

Of course, we’ll never know for sure, but the evidence (including polling) suggests that he would have been crushed by an ...

America’s education system is in trouble, but neither Republicans nor Democrats are up for the challenge of enforcing change.

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing.

Our family’s flight from the L.A. fires brought the difference between vague preparedness and real emergency into shockingly sharp focus.