Football is incidental to the Super Bowl, which is primarily an annual taking of inventory of our national culture war, which ...

If you were to base your entire knowledge of American current events solely on the social media feeds of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), you could easily conclude that the U.S. is at war.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

To understand why liberals continue to dominate American culture despite being bludgeoned in the political arena, consider two recent creative properties. The first is Good Night, and Good Luck, the ...

On Sept. 2, when American military aircraft targeted a boat in the Caribbean and reportedly followed it with a strike to pulverize the shipwrecked survivors, it was a new assertion of U.S. imperial ...

In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...