Jeff Jacoby

The real secret to creative work 4 0 latest There’s no point in waiting for inspiration. Ritual or routine won’t unlock it. The ticking clock will.© Boston Globe visit website

EARLIER THIS month, my wife and I spent a few days in Dallas. I had been there before, but this was the first time I got around the city not just as a passenger or a pedestrian, but also as a driver. It was an education. There was a lot of traffic, and ne... See more

Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," painted in 1851, depicts a key moment in the American Revolution. | ON CHRISTMAS in 1776, with the Continental Army at its lowest ebb, George Washington stood on the icy banks of the Delaware River and ... See more

JEANS Sydney Sweeney deadpanned, "My jeans are blue" as part of an American Eagle ad campaign titled "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans," and progressive watchdogs responded as if she'd quoted Mein Kampf. A playful (if obvious) pun became, in their fevered i... See more

Filthy language has always existed, but only in recent decades have the most vulgar swear words in the English language become so publicly ubiquitous. | PRESIDENT TRUMP was back in Pennsylvania last week to tout his economic record, but one of the linesth... See more