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A man of many words
One leaves these stories not depressed, but wanting to punch the air in solidarity with these ornery old dudes
Zoe Strimpel
Media
While The View’s hosts respected his struggles with mental illness, the same can’t be said for the New York Times
Neal Pollack
The main effect of the popular leftism that Mamdani represents is to neutralize the revolutionary energy of the youth
Anthony Thomas
Baum-Shell
It’s unlikely to change your preconceived notion of the man
Alexander Larman
Congress
The Senate Minority Leader finds himself in troubled waters as Democrats move to reopen the government
Isaac Schorr
Redistricting
Redistricting efforts to shore up Republican prospects in 2026 could inadvertently undermine them
Jacob Heilbrunn
Black Comedy
Death by Lighting is uproarious fun
Military
The US Navy already has at least 13 surface warships and a nuclear-powered submarine operating in the region
Michael Evans
Syria
Syria’s president is warmly welcomed in western capitals. But on his watch, blood continued to spill
Theo Padnos
UK free speech
The resignations over the weekend of two of the BBC’s highest executives are major victories for the President
Cockburn
With both the djinn and AI, we encounter answers that sound true, feel true, but lead us miles off the path
Katherine Dee
The show feels like an undergraduate thesis
Zachary Ginsberg
The octogenarian author can still conjure magical prose
Amelia Butler-Gallie
The long-unfinished ‘Smile’ reveals the musician’s talent and madness
Progressive education along narrow lines is, for liberals, the source of all legitimate moral authority
Chilton Williamson, Jr.
It is a place of dreams and deceptions
Sean Thomas
There’s a good chance you’ll have heard someone say that tactless phrase: ‘See it before it changes.’
Ruaridh Nicoll
I suppose I should hate this city, the Typhoid Mary of cultural imperialism
Bill Kauffman
The MAGA set share the predilections and tax brackets of the people they criticize
Monkey business
Unlike chimps, we have an alarming willingess to believe what we’re told
Jonathan Leaf
Court circular
As in 1976, the British royal family hopes to promote the ‘Special Relationship’
Robert Hardman
Elder sage
His aphoristic style fits the era of short attention spans
Ben Domenech
Space oddity
Internet lunatics and hopped-up podcasters are spinning fantastic tales about an extraterrestrial spacecraft
Michael P. Gibson
Left wanting
Spectrum of Desire is somewhere between blasphemous and libelous
Jane Coombs
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