We’ve all felt that lonesome feeling of recounting a past experience we deem particularly profound, poignant, or hysterical, only to have it fall completely flat with the audience. The common retort is, “Well, I guess you had to be there.”
I had a fraternity brother in college who could recite the movie Caddyshack line-by-line, from beginning to end.
Earlier this week, I had planned on writing about how what was once called “compassionate conservatism” has seemingly morphed into a Republican pivot away from the free market.
“If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.” The famous Napoleon Bonaparte quote is centuries old, and within it lies a warning about the dangers of taking half-measures or not finishing a job completely.
Almost half of all Americans (46%)—and nearly two-thirds of Gen Z (61%)—didn’t know what America’s 250th commemorated.
I’m generally an observer in a text group that likes to dig deep into the minutiae of national politics.
When I was a kid, my elementary school had an “All Purpose Room;” we didn’t have a gymnasium. The All Purpose Room served as our cafeteria, our theater, and our gym.
The intense rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson gave rise to America’s first two political parties: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
