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Winter 2026 Is a Great Time to Read Some History
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- December 15, 2025

In January 1790, President George Washington wrote to London author Catherine Macaulay, “The establishment of our new government seemed to be the last great experiment, for promoting human happiness, by creating a reasonable compact, in civil Society.” Since then, any number of writers have referred to the American experiment—often in terms of politics, as Washington
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Now, there’s a title that will wake the woke, particularly females, and send them roaring my way with brickbats and scalping knives. That word “handle” in particular splashes kerosene on the fires of rage, implying as it does some sort of manipulator. Yet “How to Handle a Woman” is the name of a song in
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Out he pops every Feb. 2 to the music, shouts, and fanfare of thousands of spectators, Punxsutawney Phil of Pennsylvania, the most celebrated prognosticator of weather in the United States. Should Phil cast his shadow on this auspicious date, the country will face six more weeks of winter. No shadow, and an early spring is
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Are America’s public schools falling apart? The evidence certainly points in that direction. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” found historic declines in reading and math scores among American students. Scores by grade level and subject fell dramatically in all categories. In my state of Virginia,
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