Entertainment
John Mulaney’s talk show of the weird
Everybody’s in LA, John Mulaney’s six-part Netflix live talk show, loosely about Los Angeles, is a lesson in the promise and peril of taking artistic risks. Created…
May 14, 2024
Hamas hostages: Who are the five remaining Americans still held by the terror group?
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The Democrats’ depleted farm team: This election is Obama’s real legacy for his party
The saying about presidential elections used to go that Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line. These days, Republicans seem to do both and Democrats…
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A pandemic novel worth remembering
When Hari Kunzru’s fourth novel, Gods Without Men, was published in 2011, it represented both a high point and an endpoint in the author’s career. The book…
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NYPD protects Met Gala from anti-Israel mob
On the first Monday of May, Anna Wintour offered a rare apology. Although her annual Met Gala made money for the Costume Institute’s marquee exhibit, “Sleeping Beauties:…
Beltway Confidential
Violence on parade
Nothing quite says a city is safe like having to reroute a holiday parade to avoid reported violence in the area. Prior to last year, Chicago hadn’t…
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Tomorrow’s deep state is camping on front campus today
Last decade, when student protests flared up at places like the University of Missouri and censorious students at places like Michigan and Middlebury shouted down and mobbed…
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Taking the China threat seriously means getting on a war footing now
Napoleon supposedly said that when China rises, the world will quake. The tremors are already being felt. The United States is at a “critical inflection point,” according…
Business
US government intervention in free markets goes way beyond TikTok
Congress may be all abuzz about forcing the Chinese owners of TikTok to sell the social media company so that the communists can’t control impressionistic U.S. teenagers…
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The nitpicker’s guide to the vocabulary
When a writer for Ebony magazine referred to Kamala Harris’s “historical” visit to Ghana and CNN aired a report on the same “historical” trip, they didn’t mean…
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How to handle marital discord like a ninja
If you ever find yourself between two married people who are in the middle of an argument, the best strategy is to become suddenly interested in your…