My recent exchange with Michael Ramsey about originalism and laws banning interracial marriage turned on the point that the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment more clearly bans such laws if ...

Joel Stein is the author of the forthcoming book “In Defense of Elitism: Why I’m Better Than You and You Are Better Than Someone Who Didn’t Buy This Book.” As an elitist, I enjoy a good impeachment.

In the land of opportunity, certain behaviors often deemed elitist are paradoxically admired and even celebrated. The U.S. is a melting pot of cultures and influences, and this sometimes leads to a ...

Every NOW and then, writers at The Times lose a word. Mainly these are adjectives subject to misuse. Some years ago we were advised to let go of legendary. Similarly, don’t expect to see iconic, which ...

Lewis Lapham, oil heir, former Harper’s editor, and founder of the wonderfully pretentious journal Lapham’s Quarterly, will be on Bloomberg TV tonight. During the interview, a portion of which was ...

2. According to the GOP, lower-middle-class voters with minimal educations really like it when people who think they can run the most powerful nation on the planet and steer massive military ...

A few months ago, the vice president of one of the more conspicuous art institutions in the nation was explaining the wisdom of the folksy, down-home ad campaign his museum regularly uses to attract ...

The new White House director of communications Anthony Scaramucci told a BBC reporter on Wednesday evening that she was elitist and said President Trump was not elitist, and that being a billionaire ...

Once you start thinking about achieving true sustainability, you begin to realize how challenging a goal it will be in the long run. Only two centuries have passed since the onset of the industrial ...

Ricky Gervais has hit back at critics in his new Netflix special Mortality, released on Tuesday (30 December).The comedian ...

The Yankees will be commemorating the 2000 World Series team at Old-Timers’ Day in August, but a rather crucial member of that team won’t be in attendance. Derek Jeter isn’t showing up, which has ...