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Why Justin Bieber Got Banned from Performing in China

In a country that is trying to reconcile its system of stringent political control with the porousness of modern culture, even a feckless pop star can be a threat.

July 26, 2017

Hypnotized by Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

What purpose do vacuum-tube trains and other futuristic projects really serve?

July 26, 2017

Trump’s Advice for Girl Scouts

“Remember, as you become Woman Scouts, aim to be as thin as your mints.”

July 26, 2017

Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying

“From my perspective, cyberbullying is very much a growing problem,” the Attorney General said.

July 26, 2017

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The five stages of White House employment.

July 26, 2017
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The TV That Created Donald Trump

Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.

“The Wife on Ambien”

“What are you doing? I whisper in her ear. Skiing, she says. Skiing in the Canadian Rockies with Mr. Bluepants.”

Jared Kushner’s Professed Cluelessness

He claimed he was simply a naïve staffer exchanging benign pleasantries. But he granted Russia access to the Trump campaign.

Kendrick Lamar’s Autofictions

At a recent concert at the Barclays Center, Lamar’s delivery was a testament to the enduring power of an unvarnished rap performance.

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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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The Resurrection of Freak Bar

In 2012, the carnivalesque Coney Island bar was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Now it’s back.

Not So Fast, Canada!

Canada’s dangerously overblown reputation for fair play can be traced back to Flanders, 1914, after the Second Battle of Chumps.

Why Spies Love Business

Trump, Jr.,’s meeting is an example of how enterprise and espionage go hand in hand.

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John McCain’s Tragic Contradictions

In voting to keep the Obamacare repeal alive, the Arizona senator participated in the sort of cynical politics that he then inveighed against on the Senate floor.

Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying

“From my perspective, cyberbullying is very much a growing problem,” the Attorney General said.

Trump Tramples on Boy Scout Values

The President took another opportunity to show himself to be demagogic, non-inclusive, dishonest, and simply crude.

“Game of Thrones”: Flaming Ships and Demented Laughter

This season’s episodes are moving along briskly, as are the mails.

“Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” Turns Fifty

A half century after its release, E. L. Konigsburg’s classic is just as sophisticated and intimate as ever.

“Dunkirk”: A War Movie About Patriotic Ciphers

The director Christopher Nolan suppresses the mutilations and agonies of war to focus on its basic moral horror.

Podcasts

Should Democrats Become “The Party of No”?

Ryan Lizza talks with Dorothy Wickenden about how the Democratic Party can best exploit President Trump’s vulnerabilities on health care, tax reform, and the Russia investigations.

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