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The presidential race is just starting to heat up. While it may still be early, candidates are popping up every few days and announcing their intention to seek the Republican nomination in 2024. Among those seeking to dislodge the early favorite — polling shows that to be former President Donald Trump — is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. This is the same man who has become something of a conservative darling in recent years for relentlessly going after “woke” ideology. His battle with Disney is an example of a culture war fight DeSantis hasn’t been afraid to address in recent years. DeSantis has been criticized for many things, from whether his wife Casey is “a problem” to confusion over the pronunciation of his last name. As the past weeks have shown, DeSantis’ foray into national politics has...

Architecture By Daily Passport Team Read time: 0 minutes Relatively speaking, the United States is a spring chicken — a downright young country compared to nations in Europe, Asia, and worldwide. Still, while the U.S. thus lacks truly ancient landmarks tourists can check out elsewhere, it does boast surprisingly old structures to visit now. Here, then, are eight of the country’s oldest buildings. Can you guess which state has four of them? Wren Building – Williamsburg, Virginia Credit: Imagesbybarbara/ iStock On the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, sits the oldest college building in the country. Constructed between 1695 and 1700, the Sir Christopher Wren Building predates even the town of Williamsburg itself. And it is where America’s second-oldest...

The prisoners in Mardin Castle were rounded up at nightfall. Soldiers called out their names, one by one, and tied them with ropes. Rings were pressed around the necks, and chains put around the wrists, of those thought to be Armenian. All of them stood like that, for several hours, until the soldiers had finished arranging them into columns and rows. They were marched out through the prison gate. The prisoners were young and old. No distinction had been made by the authorities as to whether they were Catholic or Orthodox or Protestant. Those belonging to the Latin or Chaldean or Syriac Rites had been bound all the same. They were all Christians, and thus deemed enemies of the state. Mamdooh Bek, the chief of police of Mardin, led the caravan at the front. He considered himself to be a her...

You could be forgiven for thinking the baseball cap was always there, perched upon humanity’s head from the very first day we walked on the Earth, as eternal as the tallest trees or the deepest ocean. But, of course, that’s not true. In fact, long before baseball caps were the ubiquitous fashion choice for ballplayers, musicians, and Marvel heroes trying to blend in with a crowd, baseball teams didn’t even wear caps. That’s right: Had the game of baseball developed differently, perhaps we’d all be wearing big straw hats with our favorite club’s logo written across the front. “It’s the people’s crown. It’s completely egalitarian,” New Era’s senior VP of Brand, Mark Maidment, told MLB.com about the cap. “You can put it on and you can feel great whether you’re a taxi driver,...

When Jesus said “I am the way,” he wasn’t kidding. Last week, on Trinity Sunday, he promised us that we can participate in the life of the Trinity. This Sunday Jesus shows us that he is our way into that life — literally. The Church in America this Sunday celebrates Corpus Christi Sunday, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Year A, which the worldwide Catholic Church celebrates the previous Thursday. It’s the day we celebrate the sacrament that unites our body, blood, and soul with the body, blood, soul and divinity of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Jesus Christ. Jesus says it forthrightly: We get to the Father with him, through him, and in him, by partaking of his very flesh and blood. “Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also ...