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Frozen out
Given the dire problems facing China, it seems plausible that forces within the CCP have had enough
Francis Pike
Cockburn’s Diary
Plus: Why can’t Ghislaine Maxwell testify to Congress?
Cockburn
By and large, the West has grudgingly accommodated Iran’s petulant malevolence
Roger Kimball
Nobel aims
The history of the prize, like history itself, is messy
Jay Nordlinger
California life
It’s almost beyond belief that the state used to be a glorious paradise of tennis-playing, churchgoing, hard-working patriotic Republicans
Peachy Keenan
The Kush push
To call the shots in Trumpland, it helps to operate behind the scenes
Kara Kennedy
The domination effect
Old technology doesn’t disappear because it’s bad: it disappears because it’s outcompeted
Marc Warner
Elections
This is even funnier because the Democratic Party has the answer right in front of them
Neal Pollack
Swimming in deceit
Our overlords are petrified by the consequences of the very mass immigration they engineered
Lionel Shriver
Bomb squad
The Saudis have poured money into other people’s bomb-making programs
Andrew Cockburn
Eating well in the Marais, where several other museums reside, is a challenge
Loyd Grossman
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 Roosevelt brothers’ search for a black-and-white bear so rare many people did not believe it was real
Hugh Thomson
The original wasn’t noisy CGI mayhem with nothing else going for it. Like this is
Deborah Ross
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