Catching up on recent e-mail correspondence from Lara Trump, Trump Headquarters, and the president himself. Dan Rottenberg considers.

Understanding President Trump’s loyal base, with a little help from a 1949 film classic. Dan Rottenberg considers.

Some of the best novels, plays, and films tantalize you with relationships that never actually come to fruition. Dan Rottenberg considers.

If you're puzzled by the latest barrage of loopy behavior from the Trump White House, read on. For every seeming inconsistency in Donald Trump’s actions, there’s a consistent (if not necessarily rational) explanation. Dan Rottenberg considers.

After his response to the Parkland school shooting, President Trump was widely criticized for wanting to arm schoolteachers. Two arguments don’t seem to have occurred to other critics. Dan Rottenberg considers.

Two multicultural productions of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' raise questions about the Jewishness of Anne's story. Wendy Rosenfield considers.

Under the skin, the late evangelist Billy Graham was a true audience junkie. Dan Rottenberg considers.

How did unthinkable mass killings become almost commonplace? Dan Rottenberg considers a few common threads in the 33 shootings that have killed eight or more people since 1984.

Roger Cohen of the New York Times recently confronted a Trump supporter. The confrontation was less than epic. Dan Rottenberg considers.

Philadelphia sports fans confront a critical question: when the thing you were so looking forward to for so many years finally happens, what then? Dan Rottenberg considers.