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Birthday Surprise
The president doth protest too much, methinks
Jacob Heilbrunn
Comeback
The comedian saved the award show
Britt McHenry
Politico’s hit piece implies as much – but political divergence isn’t spiritual failure
Greg Matsen
CBS
He allowed his show to degenerate into a predictable regurgitation of stale leftist talking points
Paul du Quenoy
Presidential Election
Vice President Harris remains favorite to reprise her role as the party’s presidential nominee
Isaac Schorr
Schools
Money and choices for students, not for Washington bureaucrats
Charles Lipson
Public Radio
The Senate approved a rescissions package that would, once and for all, take NPR off the federal funding payroll
Neal Pollack
Texas
The idea that Donald Trump will parachute Ken Paxton out of the primary race entirely by giving him a role in Washington is growing
Ben Domenech
Wrangle the Rogues
The ‘independent Fed’ is a myth
Richard M. Reinsch II
Manosphere
What do young men like? Guns, sports, cursing, podcasts. Great – let’s make that the new Newsom
Laura Powell
It’s easy to forget that there was nothing inevitable about the film’s long-lasting success
Christopher Sandford
Laura Shepherd-Robinson has taken a moral microscope to her chosen period
Amanda Craig
Despite its faults, this is an engaging book – and a decent companion to the Oasis mania that is sweeping the nation
Julie Burchill
The original wasn’t noisy CGI mayhem with nothing else going for it. Like this is
Deborah Ross
Over more than a thousand pages, Ron Chernow identifies the emotional root system that fed the writer’s art
John Mac Ghlionn
Robot judges may end up taking some of the magic out the game
Patrick Kidd
When I get married this weekend the vicar insists the full name must be read out in church, which may prove a shock
Madeline Grant
The experimental culinarian is coming to New York
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
Spending a few days with the artist famous for his brooding ‘black paintings’ was not something I was sure I’d enjoy
Lex Duff
The MAGA set share the predilections and tax brackets of the people they criticize
Sweet belief
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are devouring the American dessert industry
Luke Lyman
Call me Donald
‘He has to be, by a country mile, the most accessible president in the history of the presidency’
Aidan McLaughlin
Monumental achievement
‘We are called crazy, but our aim is simple: to let people dream as we have chosen to dream’
George Young
After Khamenei
Whatever happens, it seems unlikely that any regime change will be peaceful
Colin Freeman
The right stuff
Christopher J. Scalia knows his audience and his light, avuncular style proves engaging throughout
Philip Womack