The Humiliating Failure of Washington State’s Plastic Bag Ban
Lawmakers favored political posturing rather than data. Source link
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You Do Not Gotta Hand It to Marjorie Taylor Greene
The media suddenly approves of the congresswoman just because she’s said a few things they agree with. Source link
Arts Uproars: Open, Shut, Fired, Down for the Count, and Nowhere to Be Found
Culture news, plus an early look at the impressive Obama Presidential Center. Source link
Netflix’s Gay Military Dramedy ‘Boots’ Is a Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Tale: TV Review
Based on former U.S. Marine Greg Cope White’s memoir “The Pink Marine,” executive produced by the late Norman Lear and adapted for television by Andy Parker, Netflix‘s military dramedy,…
‘Newport & the Great Folk Dream’ Review: A Rapturous Documentary Shows You Why the Newport Folk Festival Was Electric Even When It Was Acoustic
“Newport & the Great Folk Dream” is a rapturous documentary — elegant and transporting, full of scratchy lyrical black-and-white images and performances that have a timeless power. The…
‘Ozzy: No Escape From Now’ Review: Forced Into Retirement, Ozzy Osbourne Opens Up in a Compellingly Downbeat Portrait of a Rocker in Chronic Pain
Is the primary audience for “Ozzy: No Escape From Now” metalheads … or caregivers? There’s not often a significant crossover audience there. But there’s no mistaking that the Paramount+…
Netflix’s ‘Victoria Beckham’ Docuseries Is a Thoughtful Portrait of a Woman Reclaiming Her Image: TV Review
The spotlight can be unforgiving — we live in a culture where society loves to elevate celebrities only to tear them down for the sheer thrill of doing so. In Netflix‘s newest docuseries,…
Good Luck to Bari Weiss at CBS
The legacy media have lost the trust of the public and are in dire need of reform. Source link
Students Are ‘Learning with Their Feet’ — by Shunning Bad Colleges
Students are reshaping the higher education market by abandoning low-ranking schools and low-earning majors. Source link
Manchán Magan, Keeper of the Irish Language
God rest him. Source link
Greta’s Gaza Flotilla Fantasy
The Swedish activist’s latest odyssey will hopefully be her last. Source link
A Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia Is Fundamentally Unfunny — and Unfree
What message does it send that American comedians are neutering their sets at the behest of a foreign frenemy? Source link
The Paper, a Counter-Government Sitcom
Peacock’s wrong-way satire defends biased media. Source link
'High Potential' Season 2 Episode 4 Review: Morgan and Karadec Finally Get the Scene We've All Been Waiting For
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for High Potential Season 2, Episode 4.As is per usual for High Potential, Season 2, Episode 4, "Behind the Music" sees Morgan Gillory…
Japan’s New Female Leader Faces Tired Feminist Critiques
The left hasn’t yet overcome its bias against conservative women. Source link
Why Colorado’s Counseling Censorship Should Lose at the Supreme Court
At least three aspects of the case should lead to free speech prevailing. Source link
National Guard Standoff Is a Recipe for More Political Conflict
The incentive structure here is all wrong. Source link
‘Tron: Ares’ Review: Disney’s Buggy Upgrade Introduces Jared Leto as an AI Determined to Enter the Real World
There’s more than one paradox built into the program of “Tron: Ares.” Whereas the original 1982 Disney film on which it was based felt ahead of its time — both conceptually and in terms of…
Time to Spring Trump’s Tariff Trap
As a condition of ending the shutdown, Democrats should curb the president’s tariff powers. Source link
The War Against Immigration Enforcement
Chicago residents have failed to do the one thing necessary to avoid National Guard deployment — let federal officers do their jobs. Source link
Colorado Gender Ideology Wages War on Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court has the opportunity to reaffirm that religious freedom is not conditional on ideological conformity. Source link
The Saintly Mother Teresa
Seventy-five years ago today, Mother Teresa of Calcutta founded the Missionaries of Charity. Source link
Anniversary of a Horror
Two years later, the Trump peace plan carries the promise of ending the conflict, disarming Hamas, and returning the remaining hostages. Source link
Oct. 7 Series ‘Red Alert’ Is a Harrowing Recreation of the Hamas Terror Attacks, but Can’t Escape Its Politically Fraught Context: TV Review
The four-part series “Red Alert,” a scripted account of the terror attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, gains its power from the absence of context. As conceived by writer, director…