Politics

Right-Thinking Is Its Own Reward

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In Wisconsin, the Left Wins by Losing

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Decoration Day

Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest On this Field of Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentry’s shot alarms!

Live Updates: Trump says U.S. has "total control" over Strait of Hormuz and might "keep it"

Updated on: August 13, 2026 / 2:13 AM EDT / CBS News

Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh review

The Scottish author focuses on gun culture and generational conflict in this darkly satirical tale about a great power in decline

Warner Robins school temporarily closes after student shot during argument in Georgia high school bathroom, teen in custody

Updated on: August 13, 2026 / 1:25 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta

Japan bans military cosplay at key war shrine ahead of second world war anniversary

Ban at Yasukuni shrine comes amid increasing visits by nationalist groups appearing in military style dress

A Better Way to Think About the Common Good

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Jason Arday is now the stick the right will use to beat back racial equality. Don’t let that happen

The UK is far from equality in academia or society. You don’t need a Cambridge degree to see that Arday’s story is being used to stop any progress in its tracks

A Bungled Bomb Plot in Poland Exposed a Spy

When exiled Russian opposition campaigner Igor Rogov was accused of working for the Kremlin, his friends were shocked. Could this young activist have really been an undercover agent?

Zambia elections haunted by ghost of incumbent president’s arch-rival

Hakainde Hichilema is bidding for second term, but feud between him and family of Edgar Lungu, who died in 2025, continues

I Got Married in the Vegas of Europe. It Was the Most Romantic 20 Minutes of My Life

Post-Brexit visa rules and faceless pen-pushers were keeping me and my partner apart. But love finds a way.