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Where’s the Off-Year Blue Wave?
Democratic nominees should be easily dominating their contests next week, but polls suggest that’s not the case. Source link
Auction Bids Against Polarization
A moral human comedy restores what’s been stolen from us. Source link
‘The Captive’ Review: ‘Don Quixote’s’ Author Becomes the Hero in a Handsome Historical Fiction
“The Captive” offers the intriguing concept of “Don Quixote’s” author viewed through a lens more redolent of “Arabian Nights,” spinning tales to keep himself alive while a hostage of Moors…
‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Is an Ambitious Gothic Musical
For its painstaking physicality alone, stop-motion is inherently impressive as an animation technique, no matter the scale or budgetary specifics of the project. But when artists, like…
‘Father’ Review: A Devastating Study in Guilt and Grief Is Anchored by an Earth-Shattering Performance
With cruel ease, human error can transform normal life into a living purgatory. A sudden car collision or a bad fall can drastically upend one’s existence with swift force. Inspired by…
Humility Revisited: On Being Conservative
Populists are as vulnerable to magical thinking as ideologized elites, and just as prone to rash action. Source link
The Times Does Republican Jack Ciattarelli a Favor
Is it MAGA to want plastic bags back? Source link
A Time for Choosing on Antisemitism
Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes makes it impossible to ignore the right’s festering antisemitism problem. Source link
The Big Nothing
A House of Dynamite succeeds as a piece of exploratory journalism but fails as a drama. Source link
China’s ‘Fortress Without Isolation’
Beijing’s latest Five-Year Plan, while couched in familiar bureaucratic language, marks a significant evolution in the regime’s grand strategy. Source link
No, Gambling Isn’t Ruining Sports
Having betting out in the open is uncovering the wrongdoing that has likely been going on forever. Source link
A Case Study in Economic Self-Harm
When steel tariffs weaken America’s backbone. Source link
The Louvre Robbed, the 2026 Color of the Year, and Yet More Yattering About Race
Plus, an update on the TEFAF art fair, and a rare Tudor gold bauble found by a metal detector. Source link
'The Witcher' Season 4 Review: Liam Hemsworth Makes Geralt His Own in Netflix's Action-Packed, Propulsive Fantasy Epic
Within the expansive realm of fantasy on television, The Witcher has always found a way to stand out — not because of its creatures and magic, but because of the characters at its center.…
‘The Witcher’ Season 4 Is an Upgrade as Liam Hemsworth Takes Over From Henry Cavill: TV Review
Based on the popular book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and adapted for television by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, “The Witcher” has returned to Netflix for its fourth and penultimate season.…
Air Traffic Delays Pile Up as Shutdown Drags On
And it will only get worse. Source link
The Rush to Digital ID Is Creepy
The problems it solves are real but comparatively minor. The risks it creates are enormous. Source link
The Coming Civil War of Climate Hysterics
The Gates memo may soon touch off a mad scramble for the cash that the donor class is still willing to contribute to climate. Source link
The Curious Fallout from a Trump Appointee’s Partial Disqualification
Ironically, a ruling against the U.S. attorney for Los Angeles could help both Trump and Comey. Source link
Emma Thompson Gets in the ‘Slow Horses’ Spirit With Mick Herron Adaptation ‘Down Cemetery Road’: TV Review
“Slow Horses” is the unlikely seed of a franchise. Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retention Election Is a Key Swing-State Test
In a major judicial election in the Keystone State, Democrats are more focused than Republicans. Source link
Standing Athwart Open Borders
Help support the antidote to utopian neglect. Source link
PEN America’s Inflated Book-Ban List
It’s only logical for schools to make choices about age-appropriate reading. And how ‘banned’ is a book if you can get it from Amazon in 24 hours? Source link