Problematic statues and ‘race war’
Throughout the United States and in Western countries influenced by our media and politics, statues of supposedly racist figures are being brought down by mobs. This follows…
Throughout the United States and in Western countries influenced by our media and politics, statues of supposedly racist figures are being brought down by mobs. This follows…
On June 9, America lost a legend. Paramount Network, responding to activist pressure sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, announced that it…
Ottessa Moshfegh is the closest thing Americans have to a Michel Houellebecq. It isn’t that she traffics in provocative sociopolitical commentary. Nor does she possess a Cassandra’s…
Amid conflict over perceived systemic injustice and police brutality, our cancellation-obsessed culture has decided to get rid of anything that could be seen as too overtly sympathetic…
After shelter-in-place orders started going into effect across the country in March, restaurants were among the first to absorb the hit. By mid-April, the state of the…
There’s been quite a bit of debate in recent days over the costs of the coronavirus shutdowns. But one potential upside to the pandemic is a greater…
Eden Pastora, aka “Commandante Zero,” the Nicaraguan guerrilla-revolutionary clad in his earlier years in combat fatigues and berets, had “the dark good looks of a young Robert…
Yet another major news organization has exposed itself as a hive of petty partisanship and professional incompetence. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. This time,…
The coronavirus shutdown has flattened multiple industries across America — everything from airlines and manufacturers to hospitals, retailers, oil and gas producers, and restaurants. Many of the…
The coronavirus outbreak has wrought enormous changes to American life over the past several months, and politics have been no exception. Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has…