A Decade After Merkel’s Refugee Gamble
The former German chancellor’s call to action reshaped Europe’s politics, and the crisis remains unresolved ten years later. Source link
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Insights from a 1949 Guide for Housewives
What could I learn from a book directed at ‘the newcomer to running a home’? Source link
Self-Deportation Is Real
The decline in the immigrant population under Trump shows us that attitudes toward the law are contagious. Source link
‘Fat Activists’ Oppose Ozempic for the Wrong Reasons
They are against drugs like Ozempic because they wrongly view fatness as an identity. But we should be wary of treating drugs as the only solution to obesity. Source link
‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Review: A Bittersweet Immigrant Love Story Thrives on Two Terrific Performances
The spark between two soon-to-be lovers ignites inside a Latin nightclub in New York City, as the pair dance with clumsy playfulness to the Spanish romantic ballad “Un Velero Llamado…
‘Tuner’ Review: Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall Fix Pianos in an Offbeat Indie That’s Far Better Than It Must Sound
Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall make quite the pair in “Tuner.” Hoffman’s character, veteran piano technician Harry Horowitz, is losing his hearing, while his people-shy apprentice (played…
‘Ask E. Jean’ Review: Urgent Documentary Sharply Follows the Pioneering Media Personality Who Sued Trump With Sexual Assault and Defamation Allegations — and Won Twice
For decades, trailblazing journalist E. Jean Carroll had been among the most influential voices in media, penning a dedicated advice column for Elle Magazine until 2019, after countless…
‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Nothing Erupts in Gianfranco Rosi’s Lyrical Vesuvius Portrait, But It Brims With Life and Contrast
Vesuvius — the very name sounds ancient, rhythmically mythical, so tied into tales of a destroyed past that one almost forgets it’s still very much in the ordinary, existing present. The…
‘Broken English’ Review: An Adoring Hybrid Ode to Marianne Faithfull That Gives Her the Last Salty Word
In his autobiography, Keith Richards described “As Tears Go By,” a disarmingly simple ballad that he and Mick Jagger composed under duress, as “a terrible piece of tripe.” You can see why,…
Political Gnosticism Is a Modern Sickness
The conspiratorial belief that massive hidden systems need to be exposed is gripping left and right. Source link
Hollywood’s School of Hard Knocks
Bruce Handy provides a flawed but fun survey of a social phenomenon that American pop culture essentially invented: ‘teenagerhood.’ Source link
The Risk in Trump’s Ukraine War Exertions
Are America’s interests truly being served in the president’s diplomatic push? Source link
Seeing France for the First Time
We never did encounter the legendary rudeness and scorn of Parisians, one of many pleasant surprises and unexpected insights. Source link
The Worst of Woke, Courtesy of the Smithsonian
Good and bad news in the White House’s push for more balance and less bile. Source link
‘Highway 99: A Double Album’ Review: Ethan Hawke Goes to the Tender, Conflicted Heart of Merle Haggard in the Rich Documentary He’s Deserved
If you watched Ken Burns’ 16-hour “Country Music” documentary when it came out in 2019, you might’ve been wishing that every legend whose life flashed by too fast could get his or her own…
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Review: Who Wants to See a Downbeat Rock Star? Jeremy Allen White Navigates the Boss’s Spiritual Crisis
In an industry where even “Weird Al” Yankovic has a movie about his life story, it’s about time the Boss got his due. But “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” isn’t just another…
Gallipoli at 110
Instead of diverting German resources to the south and shortening the war, it exhausted the Allies and extended it. Source link
Trump Can Fire Lisa Cook
Subjecting the Fed to presidential control would restore political accountability for public policy choices to the elected branches of government. Source link
Why I Said the Federal Reserve Is Unconstitutional
‘But it works well’ is not a sufficient legal argument. Source link
Lisa Cook Is Wrong
The Court will surely be reluctant to grasp the nettle on the Fed. Yet there’s little doubt that, on the legal merits, Cook should be sending out her résumé. Source link
In Defense of Prayer
Democrats’ dismissive attitude toward prayer is rooted in arrogance. Source link
The Week: An Evil Attack in Minneapolis
Plus: The Cracker Barrel wars. Source link
The Conservative Case Against Protectionism and Interventionism Is the Same
Humility in the face of complexity; preservation over reinvention. Source link
Caught Stealing Chases Ethnic Identity
Darren Aronofsky externalizes his/our anxieties. Source link