Elections

Revenge of the Yahoos

A fundamental but hugely unacknowledged divide in America is the intergalactically...

Hatfield Clan
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Zeitgeist

Celebrity Meltdowns

Celebrity Meltdowns

What are all these celebrities still doing here? Didn’t they promise us they were...

Cultural Caviar

Way to Go, Yamamoto

Way to Go, Yamamoto

On the list of unenviable situations faced by weekly columnists, No. 1 would have to...

International Affairs

Moderate Massacres

Moderate Massacres

Reading Andrew Scott Cooper’s The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days...

Hollywood

Mel Gibson: Back Into the Fray

Mel Gibson: Back Into the Fray

Rather like Donald Trump’s campaign for president in 2016, Mel Gibson’s 2004...

The Untold Story

Book Retorts

Book Retorts

American writers are on a roll. Bob Dylan wins the Nobel in Literature (for backward...

Shaidle Unchained

Friends (With Benefits) of the Earth

Friends (With Benefits) of the Earth

I hate the Earth. Yeah, I hate all the other planets, too, but what I mean is:...

Zeitgeist

Are You Ready for Four Years of Ball-Busting?

Are You Ready for Four Years of Ball-Busting?

This essay is intended solely for our male readership. Our three female readers can...

News

The Week That Perished

The Week That Perished

The Week’s Most Austere, Unclear, and Insincere Headlines BARKING MANATEE LENA...

Joe Bob's America

The Ghoul Was Truly Cool

The Ghoul Was Truly Cool

CHICAGO—The death of an actor, especially a character actor, is always a profound...

Zeitgeist

Blind Commitment

Blind Commitment

You can get angry with machines, especially when you haven’t the faintest idea how...

Elections

Democracy Will Survive

Democracy Will Survive

This morning (Nov. 1) The Times (London, not New York) had a gloomy leading article....

How-To

If We Lose

If We Lose

What if Hillary wins? We don’t have to think about what to do if we win. If we win,...