Magazine - Life & Arts
The tennis player and the Politburo
In a detailed social media post on Nov. 2, Peng Shuai, a 20-year fixture on the Women’s Tennis Association tour and former top-ranked doubles player, leveled an…
November 23, 2021
Magazine - Life & Arts
Mayor of Kingstown needs a recall
Mayor of Kingstown, the new series from writer-director Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone), is a very bad show. So comprehensive is its failure, in fact, that I was almost…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Troubles with Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a film that holds back. There’s the story it tells, the story it neglects to tell, and the little winks woven throughout the…
Foreign Policy
Harris returns from abroad to headlines and defections
Returning Saturday from a five-day trip to Paris, Vice President Kamala Harris faced staff defections, rivals blanketing cable news networks, and an onslaught on media leaks. Aides…
Magazine - Life & Arts
American Zit Comb
A French friend of mine sent me a text a month ago. “Come to Paris,” he said. “Bring your little vax card, and let’s have dinner.” Which…
Business
Freshman Rep. Andrew Garbarino seeks to restore ‘depleted’ Republican ranks of the climate caucus
Freshman Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York is preparing to take on a more high-profile role at the forefront of the GOP attempt to shift its…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Abusing The Rape of Europa
Venice may be little more than a quaint tourist attraction today, but in the 15th century, it was one of the most powerful and important cities in…
Magazine - Your Land
Britney is free
Oh baby, baby. Singer Britney Spears is free to make her own decisions again after a court terminated her conservatorship last week. For the past 13 years,…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Democrats keep punishing Republicans. Will the GOP retaliate?
House Democrats voted to strip Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of his two committee assignments, overriding the purview of GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and greatly handicapping Gosar’s ability…
Magazine - Obituary
FW de Klerk, 1936-2021
The dramatic flourish of a significant figure videotaping his final message to be viewed after his death is the stuff of movies. So, in some ways, it…