1. A Monarchy in a Maple FrameKing Charles III took the podium in Ottawa this week, addressing the Canadian Parliament for the first time in half a century. The room was respectful, curious, slightly skeptical—exactly the way Canada treats anything from Buckingham Palace.Charles spoke not as a…
1. Trump’s Exit: The Art of the SurrenderThere are moments in history when a man stops pretending. Donald J. Trump, that seasoned performer of bravado, finally laid down his poker face this week and showed his hand. “I think Russia will win this war,” he announced after a cheerful little phone call…
1.The Throne Shifts West: A New Pope, A New World ChurchIt wasn’t supposed to happen this way. Not yet, and certainly not like this. When Robert Francis Prevost emerged from behind the curtain as Pope Leo XIV, many in the European press called it a footnote. But history doesn’t always knock —…
