• Do You Think Cupra Will Succeed In America?

    The sporty brand owned by Volkswagen has confirmed plans to launch in the United States by 2030 One of the electric crossover SUVs will be built in North America, likely to qualify for tax creditsCupra will initially be available on the East and West Coasts and the Sun Belt states, sold through a new distribution model. Cupra is coming to America, but are Americans ready for Cupra? That’s our question of the day and we have our doubts. There’s a growing number of EVs on the market and a handful...

  • What Our Baby Bust Says About Modern America

    How could America shift so babies were more welcomed, less dreaded? Tim Carney, author of the new book “Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Read More

  • Why does black America hate Candace Owens?

    Candace Owens’ departure from the Daily Wire appears to have sparked even more animus toward her, especially where it concerns the black conservative community. Why? This is the subject of Jason Whitlock and Shemeka Michelle’s conversation. Owens has come under intense fire for using the phrase “Christ is King” during conversations surrounding the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. Many have called her use of the expression "anti-Semitic" — granted, she has been openly critical of...

  • Why America Needs a Separate Court for Elections

    Last year, while organizing a global democracy forum in Mexico, a member of that country’s national electoral court requested I add a speaker to our program: an American judge who was an expert in how elections work. First, I contacted election lawyers, who told me they knew of no judges with such expertise. Then I called judges, eight leading U.S. jurists in all. Among this diverse group of judges were Republicans and Democrats, those who work at the state level and the federal level, in...

  • Repeating the Question: Is America a Christian Nation?

    With the ever-increasing warnings about the alleged danger of "Christian nationalism," however ambiguous that term might be, it is only fair to ask: Is America a Christian nation? And, just as importantly: Has America ever been a Christian nation? And how does this relate to Christian nationalism? One of the latest fear-provoking headlines, this one posted on Mother Jones, stated plainly, "It's a Good Time to Start Worrying About Christian Nationalism." This contrasts with the assessment of the...

  • PHOTO ESSAY: The Furthur side of America

    Retired Charleston advertising executive Peter Wertimer pursued a dream that was about 50 years old when he stopped working in 2017 – to get on a bus and drive across America. In the 1960s, the notion of getting on the bus, Wertimer freely admits, “became hippie code for a state of psychedelic enlightenment,” he writes […]

  • NASCAR Weekend Preview: Circuit of The Americas

    NASCAR Cup drivers are eager for the twists and turns of COTA. After a

  • Millennials and Gen Z are the unhappiest—but only in America

    Gallup’s annual World Happiness Report is out, and for the seventh year in a row, Finland has topped the list as the happiest country in the world. Finland’s ranking didn’t strike anyone as a surprise, as it’s held onto its top spot for a while—in fact, the entire top 10 of the list has remained the same since before the COVID-19 pandemic. That top 10 includes all five Nordic countries. Meanwhile, the United States was pushed back to the 23rd spot. But intriguingly, Gallup’s report also...

  • Country Beyoncé is just what America needs

    If there were any doubts that Beyoncé is serious about going country, the cover art for her upcoming album “Cowboy Carter" should dispel them. Side-saddle on a white stallion, American flag in hand, decked out in patriotic Evel Knievel finery: She's a genuine sweetheart of the rodeo. It may be cool to be country these days — Post Malone is another artist crossing over — but Texas-born Beyonce has it in her DNA. If you've heard her fantastic “Texas Hold 'Em” — which recently made Bey the...

  • AP Week in Pictures: North America

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    The top 10 richest cities in America

    New York remains the richest city in the U.S. and the world with nearly 350,000 millionaires and 60 billionaires.

  • The key to America's future? Just be normal

    If you spend any time online, it’s impossible to ignore how bizarre political chatter has become. Whether it’s pro-Houthi infographics shared by suburban Starbucks-toting influencers or young men exposing their nether regions to the sun (and perhaps inviting melanoma), the discourse feels like it’s descended to Dante’s ninth circle of hell. We need to spurn old labels and form fresh alliances to build a new center. We need some good old-fashioned normality but a new normality that moves...