The Mexican Immigrant Who Became One of America's Most Decorated Soldiers Three Allied nations pinned their highest military decorations onto the chest of a young Mexican immigrant while General John J. Pershing looked on. France honored him. Italy honored him. The United States honored him. Marcelino Serna became one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I after volunteering to fight for a country that did not require his service. One distinction remained abse

On April 15, Hegseth stood at the podium. Pete Hegseth has been running monthly Christian worship services out of the Pentagon since taking office as Secretary of Defense, and for a while, the most controversial thing about them was the fact that they were happening at all. On April 15, Hegseth stood at the podium during one of those services and asked his audience to pray with him, leading them through what he introduced as "CSAR 25:17," a prayer he said was recited by the S

Elizabeth Warren fumbled the easiest question in progressive politics. Asked whether she'd continue funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Massachusetts senator offered a conditional yes—funding with restrictions on behavior. A technocratic answer that misses the entire point. The correct answer was no. ICE didn't materialize from Trump's fever dreams. The agency was created in 2003 under the Homeland Security Act, signed by Republican George W. Bush but supported b

The world won't stop screaming. Every ping on the phone delivers fresh disaster. Every headline promises the end of something. Doomscrolling has become a reflex, and the brain can't process one crisis before three more arrive. The desperate need to fix something, control anything, takes over when the entire system seems built to self-destruct. Start here: figure out what's actually yours to manage. Most of what floods the news feed lives completely outside anyone's individual