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Politics
A massively increased IRS budget should put Americans on alert
By Ben Domenech
Media
For the finger-pointing pundits, the blame-seeking could backfire
By Stephen L. Miller
Books
…that aren’t Scoop
By John Sturgis
What killed Papa?
His suicide remains one of literary history’s mysteries
By Kevin Cook
Prejudices
‘Since the founding of the Republic, the average American, if asked to express in a single word what his country stood for, would likely have answered “Freedom!” (or “Fweedom!” as the childe Kamala spake all those many years ago)’
By Chilton Williamson, Jr.
The Tao of Taleb
The writer, Twitter warrior and flâneur is so popular because he isn’t selling you anything
By Rosie Gray
The golden age of sport betting has barely begun
By Neal Pollack
The likelihood of its existence in some form in the universe is quite high
By Sasha Hinkley
Our system of education emphasizes fear and fragility
By Peter W. Wood
The UK is in a rage at Boris Johnson yet Gavin Newsom walks free
By Matt Purple
Theater
The difference between a divorce and a funeral seems lost on the director Jamie Lloyd
By Robert S. Erickson
His book is scant on personal details
By Dave Seminara
His attitude to the US is curiously double-edged
By D.J. Taylor
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Movies and television shows mocking the wealthy are flourishing
By Nicky Otis Smith
Film
Are we decent yet?
Exhibitions
In a new exhibition, the curators go some way to explaining the brilliance of the artist
By Francesca Peacock
Is the Veep trying to model herself after Obama?
By Cockburn
The show is cheery and utterly inconsequential
By Alexander Larman
The big streaming services have an appetite for them
By Robert Jackman
Marking the half-century since the great painter’s death
By William Newton
Place
For Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, Paris wasn’t much of a hardship
Drink
In Georgia, raising a glass is an essential ritual of the supra, their ancient tradition of the feast
By Orson Fry
High Life
I’ve now been here for six years and it will be my last residence
By Taki
Orcas make us ask troubling questions about humanity
By Simon Barnes
The pub has Ireland, and the Irish experience in America, in its DNA
By Owen Matthews
Sports
Aside from UConn, the teams are all first-timers
By Mike Tunison
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