Eighty years later, World War Two is fading from historical memory
We’re losing touch with its lessons just as they struggled to commemorate the Civil War
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Friday
Tuesday
James Corden suddenly remembers his wife has a food allergy
His ‘apology’ for abusing a server sounded more like an excuse
Monday
Does Taylor Swift have a drinking problem?
Her song lyrics suggest she is a wino
Sunday
She was the Queen of the West
Elizabeth II was the embodiment of certain Western values close to my heart
It’s the parallel economy, stupid!
When they said ‘build your own internet,’ some conservatives took it seriously
Have we finally reached Peak Pride?
Gay pride has been very much on my mind lately
Monday
The Cuban Missile Crisis has become a cultural touchstone
Sixty years later, it’s still the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war
Thursday
We deserve better than Candace Owens
She leans into controversy when it elevates her personally
Wednesday
What our progressive overclass has wrought
Confident and schooled in self-esteem, they seek to redeem the unredeemable
Tuesday
The left thinks social media is reality
Their learned helplessness rejects real democracy in favor of Twitter whining
Madonna comes out… as an attention seeker
Being straight is so last year
So much for #MeToo
The movement was meant to change sexual politics forever. What happened?
I wanted to leave California before it was cool
We can’t pretend that the problems ravaging the state are new
Monday
Republicans endorse Kanye as everyone else slowly backs away
‘I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE’
Friday
Tucker Carlson grills Kanye West
‘When they see my disposition in this interview, it’s going to get scary’
Monday
A postcard from Portland
Lost in pathological compassion, much of the city is allied with ‘campers’ and criminals
Tuesday
How Catholics became the new WASPs
Once discriminated against, they’re now our best chance of upholding American ideals
Exhausted by America’s culture of fear
I’m not sure I should worry about our democracy so much as our sanity
Tuesday
The tyranny of the specialists
Government by experts is more arbitrary and unstable than we like to think
Monday
Tragedy strikes: Americans are smoking more weed than tobacco
Come home, America, to the product that made our country great
