President Donald Trump in recent days has bristled over public reports of a munitions shortage, posting on Truth Social on Thursday that the U.S. has “massive amounts.”
The Australian Antarctic Division and New Zealand Defence Force conducted a rare midwinter medical evacuation to New Zealand.
Inspired by Ukraine’s battlefield gains, Taiwan is betting on drones to deter a potential Chinese invasion.
Long Beach, California, resident Bob Sheppard received a postcard from Copenhagen sent by his late parents 26 years earlier.
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As the credits roll, the ticket-buyers reenter the world. The post The Little Joys of Leaving a Movie Theater appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The Little Joys of Leaving a Movie Theater As the credits roll, the ticket-buyers reenter the world. Photo by Stéphane Ouzounoff / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images Last weekend, while I was watching the 1961 version of West Side Story on the big screen at an old theater in my hometown of Columbus, it started to rain outside. The storm caused weird sounds to echo inside the cavernous, ornate building, which was constructed in 1928. The emphatic rumble of rain hitting the rooftop competed, at moments, with the equally forceful music by Leonard Bernstein and words by Stephen Sondheim. But I did not mind. To the contrary, I had learned early in my moviegoing career that there were few things more agreeable than to be inside a movie…Open
Looking for my key amid the shrubbery, I found a fossil instead. The post On the Death and Consolations of Reading appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag On the Death and Consolations of Reading Looking for my key amid the shrubbery, I found a fossil instead. TakiMag Slight setbacks may have disproportionate effects upon one’s mood, and despair may be induced by trivia. For example, the other day I lost the key to my post-box somewhere between the latter and the house, 500 yards away. The track is somewhat overgrown, and despite several prolonged searches, I could not find the key. Even on the very small scale of my own life, this was no tragedy, but the inconvenience of it—having to buy and install a new post-box—nevertheless made me wonder whether it (that is to say, life) was all worth it. There was one small consolation during my tedious searches, however, namely that I…Open
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Washington should give the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement a chance. The post A Glimpse of the Post-American Middle East? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs A Glimpse of the Post-American Middle East? Washington should give the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement a chance. Photo by TUR Presidency /Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu via Getty Images Heartwarming scenes out of Mecca Friday: After the conclusion of a defense pact between Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, those countries’ respective leaders powwowed in a high-rise conference room to get themselves photographed praying towards the Kaaba. The beef over the Saudi dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkish territory is just a dim memory. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement avers that an attack on one member state will be interpreted as an attack on all, a combination that should notionally have some teeth on the strength of…Open
Hawaii voters will decide their party's nomination for governor and House races on Saturday. Polls close at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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Are UFOs tampering with time, or at least time pieces?
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The Iran war has used up more of the U.S. military’s already diminished stockpiles of advanced missile interceptors.