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Breakdown
The assassination of a state representative marks another, tragic turn in America’s heartland
Jenna Stocker
Trump’s birthday
There are many privileges to being American: one of them is that tanks don’t usually roll through our streets
Kate Andrews
Spectacle is an important arrow in the quiver of robust foreign policy
Roger Kimball
Iran
Its best, and riskiest, option would be to speed towards a nuclear weapon
Charlie Gammell
Israel
For Israel, this is a fight for survival
Limor Simhony Philpott
California
The battle on the streets of LA is between two very different ideas of government
Daniel McCarthy
The YMCA Presidency
If you played ‘YMCA’ as the outro to the latest announcement, would it force a smile? Or come across as completely inappropriate?
Leadership Decapitation
Khamenei is the glue that holds the Islamic Republic together
Saeid Golkar & Jason M. Brodsky
Trump proclamations
The college’s main line of defense is old-fashioned snobbery
Peter W. Wood
He has a skill for wrecking everything he touches
Douglas Murray
The tech right wants to build for America. That’s good
Joe Lonsdale
There is something truly pathological about the taboo given that Irish art is awash with politics
Aidan Harte
The ceremony went two steps forward and one step backwards
Alexander Larman
Forsyth had a fully justified scorn for the inanities and dangers of the contemporary left
Nigel Jones
It’s not just the rhythm that is hampered by the tech intrusions, but the physicality of performers too
Alexander Cohen
It takes the experience of eating an oyster and scales it up tenfold into an exercise in excess
Kelly Chapman
The establishment which hosted boasts a stupendous list
For a brief time, from Trump’s election until Easter, real estate enjoyed a brief boom – but no more
Peter Watson
The folksinger’s lifeboat capsized far too soon
Bill Kauffman
The MAGA set share the predilections and tax brackets of the people they criticize
Get lost
Before the advent of Google Maps, GPS, Starlink and the rest, getting lost was a doddle
Sean Thomas
Assassin’s creed
We’ve come to a series of startling conclusions about a change that’s happening in US society
Max Horder
Degrees of failure
The university’s best line of defense would be to return to what it is meant to be
Belichick chic
Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius
Christopher Caldwell
Roman holiday
In Europe, I’ve felt most tired, hungry and poor – yet also most alive
Margaret Mitchell