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In two years, the U.S. will mark its 250th birthday, and the left doesn’t seem to care—giving up on America’s symbols and its very meaning.

The author, who has never shied away from criticizing Korean culture, has also given South Korea its first Nobel Prize in Literature.

In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back?

A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.

Human attempts to control the weather are gaining momentum, but hurricanes are simply too powerful to harness.

Peek behind the disco music, and you’ll find Richard Burton fighting Martians and Keith Moon warbling the Beatles.

Campaigning in Pennsylvania, both Donald Trump and Barack Obama landed on a similar, aggressive line of attack: They don’t care about you.

The Watergate journalist has taken a lot of hits—including from me. In his new Biden chronicle, War, he’s at his best.