So here, in no particular order, are my ten best reads of the year, with the overall winner at the end. Amor Towles: A ...

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk contributed enormous amounts of money to getting Donald Trump elected, and is now heading up his ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...

Moral clarity is called for at this perilous moment. Kurds are America’s allies and friends with whom we share strategic ...

On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle ...