Entertainment
How Stanley Kubrick directed his reputation
Twenty-five years ago, the death of Stanley Kubrick was met with the sort of reaction that might today accompany the death of a president, pope, or pop…
March 26, 2024
Trump yet again: The former president talks to the Washington Examiner
about his improbable comeback
Magazine - Features
Promises, promises: Britain’s voters will punish Conservatives for breaking their word
Britain has had five Conservative prime ministers since 2010. It would have a sixth, but Conservative members of Parliament seem uncertain if it’s worth the trouble. There…
Magazine
Paul Alexander, 1946-2024
Every now and then, we hear about people with such extraordinary spirits who defy the odds in such remarkable ways that their life stories can renew our…
Education
Add the bar exam to the racism list
Hiring an attorney seems like a stressful process. The need for one does not usually arise from good fortune, and the prospect of losing a case looms…
Entertainment
The problem with Netflix’s 3 Body Problem
If you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem, the 2008 novel by the Chinese science-fiction writer Cixin Liu, you’ve probably seen or heard of others reading it —…
Magazine - Features
Gaza, the day after: There is reason for optimism, but few good options will remain after the war
Israel is nearly six months into its war against Iranian proxies in the Gaza Strip. It is the Jewish state’s longest war in four decades. Urban combat…
Magazine - Features
Stop watching the skies: The UFO craze has its downsides in a culture bereft of meaning
In this age of rampant divisiveness, distrust, and dissent, it should come as a relief when a diverse group of people agrees on something. But when the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Little of the Biden administration’s budget proposal is likely to make it through a divided Congress
President Joe Biden and the White House released a $7.3 trillion budget blueprint several days after his State of the Union address, in which he outlined several…
Crime
Shoplifting and suffering in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The sharp stench of days-old urine mixed with filth and feces has become an all too familiar smell in the Golden Gate City. So…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The trivial spy
I believe it was the critic Dwight Macdonald who first pointed out the prevalence of “how-to-ism” in American literature. It isn’t just that there are lots of…