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Almanac for Nov. 9, 2026

Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2026. There are 52 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades — a landmark event often referred to as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also on this date: In 1872, the Great Boston Fire began in a warehouse and went on to destroy hundreds of buildings and much of the city's financial district before it was tamed. Several firefighters were killed combating the flames. In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt made the ...

Democrats won. More importantly, democracy won

Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop obsessing over the Reflecting Pool. Stop cutting down trees at a public golf course in Washington to make a championship course. These ...

Almanac for Nov. 7, 2026

Today is Saturday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2026. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress. Also on this date: In 1811, the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, as a U.S. expeditionary force led by Maj. Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated Native American warriors from Tecumseh's confederacy. In 1917, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich ...

Another crisis?

"There is an epidemic of suffering!" says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. "A mental health crisis!" says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: "Mental health crisis among U.S. teens," reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: "America's mental health is worsening." As ...

Almanac for Nov. 6, 2026

Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2026. There are 55 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected president of the United States as he defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Also on this date: In 1861, an unopposed Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederate States of America, after serving much of the year as its provisional president. In 1888, Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote over ...

Britain owes no one an apology

When is the Muslim world going to apologize for its slave raids in Central and Eastern Europe that made off with millions of captives? Not any time soon, we can assume, since no one is asking it to apologize, and presumably no one ever will. The same isn't true in the U.K., where there is ...