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Saudi Arabia
The special relationship between the Trump administration and MbS
Paul Wood
Ukraine
He still demands huge chunks of Ukraine and other dramatic concessions
Charles Lipson
My glass of Pol Roger, expensive though it is now, will not be getting more expensive any time soon
Roger Kimball
Got beef
The true MAHA mission could be to help slim down government, not just the average American waist size
Freddy Gray
Making matters worse
The people who buy Teslas are not the President’s natural constituency
Matthew Lynn
Columbia
No charges have been filed against Mahmoud Khalil
Dave Seminara
DC
Goodbye yellow-painted road
Derek VanBuskirk
Bear with me
One was bound to happen under Trump, but he’s not doing much to help things
Hamish McRae
Inflation
The consumer price index rose 0.1 percent less than markets had expected
Kate Andrews
You get a car!
The President suddenly likes Tesla, just as it goes out of fashion.
Jacob Heilbrunn
Russia’s autonomy in geopolitics is heavily constrained
Robert Service
Graffiti in the old city is disappearing — in comes a host of new art treasures
William Newton
The Crying of Lot 49 is often hawked as the gateway drug to the writer’s peculiar universe
Amelia Butler-Gallie
The movie is facing a vicious and sustained assault on its credentials
Alexander Larman
For sheer entertainment value, it is ‘campus trilogy’ of Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work that can hardly be bettered
Donatella has stepped down from the creative director seat
Ross Anderson
A daily cap on everybody’s posts could work wonders
Rory Sutherland
A sea change does seem to have taken place, from my perspective for the better
Lionel Shriver
If you must be colonized by the Spanish, make sure you have some of your own recipes beforehand
Sean Thomas
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
The Trump interview
POTUS on his second term, Nixon, Ukraine — and the tush push
Ben Domenech
March 2025
What to watch this March
The Spectator
Made in China
How to beat China
Steve Hsu
Film review
Mad About the Boy sharply marries the contemporary with the age-old
Deborah Ross
Gulf of America?
Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico is the act of a puny country, not a great one
Christopher Caldwell