The Senate Health-Care Vote Was a Travesty
Tuesday’s vote represents a failure of American democracy.
- Amy Davidson Sorkin
Trump Tramples on Boy Scout Values
The President took another opportunity to show himself to be demagogic, non-inclusive, dishonest, and simply crude.
- Ryan Lizza
Jared Kushner’s Professed Cluelessness About Russia
He claimed he was simply a naïve staffer exchanging benign pleasantries. But he granted a hostile foreign power access to the Trump campaign.
- American Chronicles
The TV That Created Donald Trump
Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.
- Daily Shouts
Rejected Slogans for the Democrats’ New Agenda
“It’s Donkey Time: A Good Time,” “Again, Bernie Would Not Have Won,” and many more.
- Cultural Comment
The Guarded Confessions of Princes William and Harry
In a new HBO documentary, light chat over family photos seems contrived to mask a depth of feeling.
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Did a Cancelled Memorial to Norway’s Utøya Massacre Go Too Far?
The controversial plans for “Memory Wound,” by the Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg, differed in instructive ways from other memorials that confront feelings of irremediable loss.
Donald Trump Turns Against Jeff Sessions, Big League
The President’s conflict with Sessions suggests that he does not have a zero-tolerance policy for ethical violations; rather, he has a zero-tolerance policy for ethics.
Touring Jim Henson’s Restless Creative Spirit, at the Museum of the Moving Image
A permanent exhibition, newly opened in Queens, provides a dizzying portrait of the imagination behind the Muppets.
Girl Scouts Obtain Restraining Order Against Trump
“They’re prepared to deal with bobcats and bears,” a Girl Scouts spokesperson said. “They can handle a malignant narcissist.”
Spotlight
The Uncertain Legacy of Merle Haggard
The musician’s torch is carried by roots rockers and old-school acts, but his place in mainstream country is less secure.
Europe’s Fight Against Fake News
To combat disinformation from Russia and elsewhere, European countries have started treating the media as a strategic asset.
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A Lost Cat’s Reincarnation
When Masahisa Fukase’s kitten disappeared, and a stranger returned the wrong animal, he took the stray in anyway and made it the subject of a photo series.
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In This Week’s Issue
An Opera of Russia’s Brutal History
Dvořák’s “Dimitrij,” at Bard SummerScape, is a tale of idealism, intrigue, and failed love, set in the Time of Troubles.
Sculling for Trump
Dion Cini says he spends every weekday rowing the Hudson River with a flag that says “Trump 2020.” He promises to do it until the election.