Lifestyle
Biden expected to sign order closing border with Mexico when crossings surge
President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday closing the U.S. border with Mexico between official ports of entry while crossings are high, a change designed to...
Opinion: Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election? Sure it could
How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November?The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I suspect the verdict will matter,...
Column: Trump’s conviction offers a character test — of America and its values
When he isn’t fetishizing the fictive cannibal Hannibal Lecter — “a wonderful man” — Donald Trump rhapsodizes over the gangster Al Capone. “He was seriously tough, right?” Trump said...
Opinion: Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum is historic. But should we be celebrating it?
Mexico City mayoral candidate Santiago Taboada quoted the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on social media recently: “They can cut all the flowers, but they can’t stop the spring.” It...
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from California, other states
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of...
Despite the spread of bird flu, lawmakers in some states are pushing to legalize raw milk
As health officials scramble to determine the spread of avian flu in U.S. dairy cattle, some lawmakers are pushing to legalize and increase access to raw milk. (David Paul...
Who will run Gaza after the war? Israel? Hamas? The U.N.?
WASHINGTON — Pressure from numerous fronts, domestic and international, is building on Israel to end the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice, Arab and European leaders, angry Israeli...
Western Values Are Expanding
Civilizations rise and civilizations fall. But the greatest and most enduring civilizations can also adapt. Western civilization and Western values are not in decline as much as they are...
Column: What Mexico’s historic presidential election can teach the U.S.
Of the many terrible things that have been said about Mexico’s supposed inferiority to its northern neighbor, the most damning wasn’t even uttered by a gringo.“Poor Mexico: So far...
Map shows where millennials are buying homes
A majority of new mortgages taken out last year went to young people under the age of 35 (39.7 percent) and between the ages of 35 and 44 (26.5...
