The Jeb Bush campaign has swapped out the language of genuine optimism for the language of forced optimism that often masks hopelessness. Like a pitcher pleading with his impatient manager, or a debtor pleading with a disgruntled bookie, Bush is now pleading to anyone who will listen that he, Jeb,
If you happened to be on Twitter today and came across a tweet you wanted to favorite, you might have been surprised when your modest, neutral nod of approval suddenly transformed into a throbbing red heart bursting with rainbow glitter. Why the change? In a completely daft
This week, Marco Rubio received a boost that may be just as important as the glowing press coverage he has received since the last Republican debate. Cory Gardner, the freshman senator from Colorado, anno
The sky has, is, one exit, one excuse,and if I’m dead now that I’m saying this, can’t vouch for my transition from lifeas having been rough or even evident.Have I tried turning it off and then on again?Have I tried throwing it against the wall?Getting to know you, getting to know alla
When Thomas Merton entered the Trappist monastery in the rolling hills of Kentucky's bourbon country in December 1941, his literary-minded friends back in New York City—and there were many of them—assumed they'd never hear from him again. "He's leaving the world," his former teacher at Col
In pop culture, the immigrant experience is often conceived as the American dream corrupted. From The Godfather: Part II (1974) to The Immigrant (2013), when it comes to immigrants, Hollywood has long been interested in the workings of the underworld—the glamour and gore of the m
Fifty years ago this November, in a half-full gymnasium at Southwest Texas State, Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a bill that aimed to transform American higher education. The Higher Education Act of 1965 promised to make a college education more accessible to more Americans, through federal grant
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TransCanada requested on Monday that the State Department suspend a decision on the 1,179-mile-long Keystone XL pipeline until a new route through Nebraska is formally approved. This request could
There’s one thing that virtually everyone can agree about incoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: He’s sexy.Immediately after his victory in October, the international press was filled with articles describing him as
