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With President Jimmy Carter’s passing and Donald Trump about to return to the White House, it’s a good time to recall a phone conversation that Carter had with Trump during his first term. Carter’s ...

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It’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries – the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” -- ...

When the important writer Max Boot released his ten-year study of Ronald Reagan recently, it won a nice roll-out from the ...

I've been closely following the labyrinthine chaos in the Levant for most of my adult life now and I honestly didn't see this ...

Mr. Carter was a one-term president who faced economic and geopolitical headwinds, yet he built a legacy as one of the ...

Viewed in a bemused spirit, 2024 provided (in Mark Twain’s words) “not merely food for laughter,” but “an entire banquet.” Begin with the Texan who, preparing to run for president, ...