Victorino Matus

1 week ago | freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus

Amid the tumult over tariffs, let's not forget a war rages on in the Middle East and terrorists are still holding innocent people hostage. Douglas Murray hasn't forgotten. His latest book, On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, has just come out. Weekend Beacon contributor Meir Y. Soloveichik has a review. "I had been scheduled to speak in October 2023 in a London synagogue, at an event about my recent book.

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | Victorino Matus

2 weeks ago | freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus

Congratulations to Sen. Cory Booker for his record-breaking non-filibuster rant, which lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes. The previous record holder was South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, who went 24 hours and 18 minutes. A source close to the late senator once told me Thurmond was equipped with something called a "motorman's friend." Could Booker have worn a similar device? Or perhaps just a pair of Depends? Speaking of which, there's a new book about Joe Biden and the 2024 presidential race.

2 weeks ago | conservativereview.com | Victorino Matus

3 weeks ago | freebeacon.com | Michael Rosen |Victorino Matus

As peace remains elusive in Ukraine, it's worth reflecting on a time when the region was similarly witness to carnage—but with the Russians fighting the British, French, Turks, and... Sardinians? Gary Saul Morson returns to the Weekend Beacon with a review of Gregory Carleton's Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare. "In this riveting account of the war, Gregory Carleton, the foremost expert on the Russian understanding of war, argues for its importance.