This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, according to people who spoke to us on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment. (Franco, for those who don’t ...

In mid-1945, as Allied forces pushed toward victory in the Pacific, American political leaders faced a deepening dilemma. They could continue to work with both Mao Zedong’s Communist insurgents and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The weekend did not go well for Donald Trump, and he emerged into a sunny first day of June humiliated by his weakness, cowardice, and inability to face up to any crisis more complex than “Why is my ...

President Donald Trump and his various henchmen want to be able to designate anyone as a terrorist and whisk them off to a foreign gulag without a trial to determine their guilt or innocence. No ...