Columnists
Demands for ‘climate reparations’ are laughable
The demands for climate reparations from wealthy countries are so absurd, so unscientific, and so offensive to natural justice that it is difficult to know where the…
November 22, 2022
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Conspicuous silence over fallen crypto king’s Democratic ties
The story of FTX’s downfall is complicated, convoluted, and unbelievably stupid. And the only thing dumber than the people who fell for a 27-year-old tech bro’s promise…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The perils of writing about dancing
I do not envy those tasked with evoking the kinetic, effervescent, impermanent art of dance using the stolid, literal written word. For nearly a decade, I reviewed…
Foreign Policy
Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure ahead of long, hard winter
Russian forces have continued to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, setting the conditions for a brutal winter for civilians. Russia has repeatedly lost occupied territory in Ukraine, though…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A home turf for great movies
On weekends in college, I would go to the local movie rental store to take out a few stacks of popular recent movies, making my way through…
Magazine - Life & Arts
In Yellowstone’s America, this land is my land
At the start of the new season of Yellowstone, newly elected Montana Gov. John Dutton (a gloriously craggy Kevin Costner) lets loose with a mini tirade that…
Foreign Policy
Biden-Xi meeting underscores discord over Taiwan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s inaugural in-person meeting as national leaders of their countries may have been feted as a…
Magazine - Obituary
Kevin Conroy, 1955-2022
Superhero movies and comic book-related TV shows are virtually unavoidable today. This was not the case in the 1990s, yet this era produced one of the all-time…
Crime
Anthony D’Esposito leads House GOP sweep on Long Island
New York’s deep-blue hue turned a bit paler in the 2022 midterm elections, as Rep.-elect Anthony D’Esposito can attest. He’s among three new House Republicans who will…
Magazine - Your Land
Would Skynet make a good marriage counselor?
In James Cameron’s Terminator franchise, shortly after the artificial neural network Skynet became self-aware at 2:14 a.m. EDT on Aug. 29, 1997, it decided to launch a…