The Cause of Immigration Restriction Is at a Crossroads
As the Battle of Minneapolis dominates headlines, I’m worried that even after electing Trump, we have failed to make the essential point on immigration. Source link
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How the U.S. Navy Can Right the Ship
The Navy is losing a war of attrition — against its own bureaucracy. Source link
Two Bad Apples Threaten to Spoil the Gaza Board of Peace
The inclusion of Qatar and Turkey puts the body’s peacemaking mission at risk. Source link
DOJ says it will finish review of Epstein files 'in the near term'
The Justice Department said it has now conducted a page-by-page review of "millions" of pages of documents from its files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said it…
‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Review: John Turturro Will Steal Your Heart in Noah Segan’s Elegantly Tender Character Study
A melancholic affection for New York City permeates writer-director Noah Segan’s nostalgia-powered “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” a minor-key character study that quietly mourns…
‘When a Witness Recants’ Review: A Powerful Documentary Uses Animation and New Interviews to Redraw a Decades-Old Injustice
In Dawn Porter’s powerful documentary “When A Witness Recants,” Ta-Nehisi Coates presents — both as an executive producer and occasional subject — a stirring tale of American injustice,…
‘Give Me the Ball!’ Review: Ferociously Entertaining Portrait of Billie Jean King as Athletic Superstar and Culture Hero
“Give Me the Ball!,” the title of Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff’s ferociously inspirational and entertaining documentary about Billie Jean King, refers to something that the fabled tennis…
‘Hot Water’ Review: The American Road Movie Tradition Gets a Cross-Cultural Twist
Layal (Lubna Azabal) seems to be on the brink of a nervous breakdown. A college professor of Arabic who just quit smoking, she has no patience, her students’ incompetence infuriates her,…
The Annual Census Update Shows a Redder America
Declining net migration and a continuing shift to the red states is redrawing America’s political map. Source link
Trump Administration Already Undermining Probe of Alex Pretti’s Death
As with Renee Good’s death, refusal to conduct a credible criminal investigation only makes the eventual prosecution of federal agents more likely. Source link
Like January 6, Minnesota Is a Test of American National Sovereignty
ICE tactics are the pretext; the real issue is whether states can make themselves no-go zones immune from federal law. Source link
Minnesota’s Campaign for Interposition and Nullification
More than 200 years after the Kentucky Resolutions, a version of nullification still lives. Source link
‘The Weight’ Review: Ethan Hawke Carries an Intermittently Exciting, if Sometimes Arduous Throwback to ‘Deliverance’-Era Action Movies
Ethan Hawke is having a moment, the way fellow Newton boy Matthew McConaughey did a few years back. Onscreen since age 14 — yet taken for granted far too long — the undeniable talent…
The Second Amendment Role Reversal
The truth is, legally, Alex Pretti was within his rights to have his gun on his person; but that doesn’t mean his actions were prudent. Source link
Can the University of Austin Be Replicated?
Its slimmed-down finances could prove as significant as its curriculum. Source link
With Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Most Senior Uniformed Official, War in Taiwan May Be a Step Closer
The move by Xi marks a seismic shift in Beijing’s power structure. Source link
‘Run Amok’ Review: A Drama About a School Shooting, and Therapizing It Through a Musical, Is Notable for the Performance of Alyssa Marvin
There are several key reasons why a movie about a school shooting feels right at home at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s not a subject that a major studio is likely to touch, so it’s more…
‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Review: Andrew Stanton’s Sci-Fi Epic Is One Third of a Good Movie
While presented as a trio of interconnected stories, “In the Blink of an Eye,” the latest film from “WALL-E” and “John Carter” director Andrew Stanton, plays more like three disparate TV…
‘Soul Patrol’ Review: The Elegant, Elegiac Vietnam War History We Need
When Vietnam veteran Ed Emanuel wrote the memoir “Soul Patrol” (2003), the gesture could have been likened to that of a marooned man sending out a message in a bottle. Although he’s had a…
‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Iliza Shlesinger Captures Both the Pitfalls and Temptations in an Overachiever’s Humiliating Return Home
Texas is a big place that can feel so small sometimes. Just ask comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who clearly gets it. Born in New York, but raised in the suburbs of Dallas Fort Worth, she made…
Rahm Emanuel Wants to Bite the Hand of the Aged Beltway Establishment
He’s advancing the idea that one person’s wisdom garnered through age is another person’s calcified thinking. Source link
Poland’s Nie to the Euro
It’s doing fine without it, thanks. Source link
Fire Kristi Noem into the Sun
At a minimum, the DHS secretary should immediately become the least visible member of this administration. Source link