The Trump Administration’s Very Online Celebrities Are Its Biggest Headaches
Appointees who represent the biggest departures from convention are the squeakiest wheels, and not in a good way. Source link
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The Bolton Investigation Reportedly Involves More Than the Old Controversy over His Memoir
Even if the claims are true, it doesn’t make it less petty to pursue a criminal investigation against him. Source link
‘Orphan’ Review: László Nemes Returns With a Heavy Dose of Sepia-Tinted Childhood Torment
The first thing to know about “Orphan” is that the orphan of the title isn’t really one at all. Twelve-year-old Andor (Bojtorján Barabás) has a mother who is alive and well and present, as…
Teachers’ Unions Are Still Singing the Same Song
Politics and pop music keep recycling old hits. Source link
Long Story Short Shortchanges the American Jewish Experience
The Netflix show is being praised for its authenticity. But it portrays Judaism as a ‘tradition’ for immigrants to overcome. Source link
The Green Economy Is Rife with Fraud
A multimillionaire Democratic donor’s guilty plea raises broader questions about corruption in environmentalist schemes like carbon-offset trading. Source link
A Better Prescription for Affordable Medicine
President Trump’s threat to strong-arm drugmakers will drive up costs, stall cures, and blunt America’s medical edge. Source link
High on Caillebotte, Impressionist Master
A painter once thought peculiar, he’s now the deserving subject of Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World at the Art Institute of Chicago. Source link
‘Memory’ Review: A Haunting Memorial Collage Crafted from a Child’s Experience of War
The writer, director, editor and narrator of “Memory,” Vladlena Sandu, grew up in ’90s Chechnya. War was on her doorstep, and often not only there, but inside her childhood home, with its…
Trump Enters Uncharted Ground with the Federal Reserve
The legal landscape in deciding when presidents can fire Fed governors is surprisingly unsettled. Source link
Why Reaganism Persists
The American right is stalked by the suspicion that Trumpism is a phase. Is it? Source link
Brandon Johnson Is a Moron
He’ll be a perfect foil for Trump. Source link
The New Medicine Tariffs Are a Prescription for Disaster
They’ll make Americans sicker, poorer, and less innovative. Source link
Social Security Is No Longer the Third Rail of American Politics
It’s proximate cause for a shotgun wedding. Source link
The NAACP Cracks Its Own Code
A soap opera skeleton key to black Democrat fealty. Source link
The Cure for Racial Discrimination in Medical Education
If colleges and universities want the American taxpayer’s support, they should be forced to focus on merit alone. Source link
Firing Lisa Cook
Can Trump fire her? The question does not admit of an easy answer. Source link
'The Terminal List: Dark Wolf' Review: Prime Video's Gritty Prequel Series Finally Gives Taylor Kitsch His Spotlight as an Action Star
Starting with his big-screen Hollywood breakthrough in the early 2010s, Taylor Kitsch's career has been rather famously overshadowed by commercial flops. Notably launching to international…
The Inherent Strangeness of Trump’s Executive Order on Flag-Burning
Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been reversed. Source link
The Myth That Democrats ‘Go High’ Is in Desperate Need of Busting
Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher. Source link
The Key Detail in Trump’s Attempt to Fire a Fed Governor
He is technically adhering to Congress’s rules for the Federal Reserve, regardless of whether his motives are pure. Source link
At Least You’re Not Ken Martin
The Democratic Party’s problems run even deeper than its operational headaches. Source link
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and the Mysterious Hand
The week of August 18, 2025: The economics of GLP-1s, Bolivia, the economy, tariffs, and much, much more. Source link
The Bolton Investigation Warrants Skepticism
The Trump administration looks as if it is targeting a critic. Source link