The Kamala Harris campaign clearly isn’t about policies or speeches; it’s about willing her presidency into existence
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We’ve been at our villa in the south of France for nearly three months this summer and during that time we have hosted thirty-four guests
By Joan Collins
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To say that the prosecutions are ‘dubious’ is to belittle the unsettling power of dubiety
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Unhinged left-wing conspiracy theories have entered the mainstream
By Amber Duke
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Beneath Kamala Harris’s performative shifts lies an economic and social philosophy handed down by her father
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The vice presidential candidate’s biographical points have significant political resonance in 2024
By Ben Domenech
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The YouTuber and entrepreneur has improbably emerged as one of the most prominent voices in right-wing media
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An incurious media memory-holes the MAGA rally shooting
By Drew Holden
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J.D. Vance has put a regional identity created by politics at the center of the election
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Pets are woven into the fabric of your life — but more than that, your life revolves around them
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The reality of the new Sino-Russian pact may be less threatening — and more complex — than it appears
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Abortion opponents will have to bring about a change in the public’s values as profound as the one wrought by supporters of same-sex marriage
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In the end, our ability to hold fast may prove to be the most important weapon of all
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Was it worth the price paid?
By Paul Wood
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The ancients had neither police nor prisons
By Peter Jones
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A rising right in Europe marks the end of the Hungarian’s outsized influence
By Will Collins
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Books + Arts
Entrances and Exits shows the Seinfeld actor’s clever, energetic, dissatisfied, self-critical mind at work
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The novel’s central conceit serves as a sharp satire of our data-driven, algorithmic age
By Sam Forster
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In Elaine, Self has shown that understanding is possible, across generations and across time
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David Browne’s latest book pivots around 1961
By Philip Clark
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The notorious film may be the most expensive, most unpleasant adult movie ever made
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The director has spent his time pushing the boundaries of cinema to the extreme
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He cherished the few joys in his life and celebrated them through his innovative approach to the piano
By Harry Cluff
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Our staff picks what to watch out for this October
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Life
In my experience anterograde amnesia is just as essential to the creation of new life as wine
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There are writers and journalists who get public recognition all the time. Alas, I’m not one
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The fringes of fame, the outer purlieus of power, are always much more interesting than the epicenter
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If the Washington elite had its way, every national government from now until Doomsday would be another Popular Front
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These days, he has been modernized into a sleek, digital, AI-looking creature
By Teresa Mull
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For enthusiasts of retro video games and other esoteric media hobbies, what others see as trash is their treasure
By Oliver Jia
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Place
After ten days in the state, New York City’s Chinatown felt and smelled like a rotting fishbowl
By Orson Fry
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What happens when a Silicon Valley tycoon decides to revive a down-on-its-luck English village?
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Food and Drink
I have never been able to give away any cookbook that either family or friends have presented to me with love
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When I’m old, I won’t have arthritis, and my blood pressure will be the cynosure of three counties
By Jane Stannus
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The wines of Portugal have entered, or reentered, public consciousness in a stately manner
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And Finally
The country is much more than a geopolitical hotspot or even a stable Asian democracy we’ve committed to help
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My husband has ordered a copy of Craig Brown’s new book
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