The left’s politics of catastrophe
Running our lives is the sort of project to which fallen humanity is unsuited
Society
Tuesday
Monday
Elon Musk’s weird weekend
The Twitter chief watched the World Cup final… then offered to step down
Friday
Elon Musk makes it up as he goes
Using Twitter as his personal celebrity enforcement mechanism has no good outcomes for anyone
Wednesday
Anthony Fauci’s conveniently foggy memory
He’s still certain that Covid had zoonotic origins
Tuesday
The Twitter Files communication breakdown
The ‘lengthy Twitter thread as method of storytelling’ is a bust
Friday
All I want for Christmas is a TikTok ban
Pete Ricketts, Kristi Noem and other GOP governors are setting a good precedent
Tuesday
How abortion falsehoods put lives at risk
Doctors speak out against colleagues more interested in politics than their patients
Thursday
It’s time for Pope Francis to speak out against China
He should take John Paul II as his model in world affairs
Monday
Why conservatives should consider antitrust against Microsoft
The company aims for the largest tech merger ever, with serious culture war implications
Wednesday
Stop ignoring the real environmentalists
The JustStopOil types are alienated from those who actually understand the ecosystem
Monday
At war with my pearly whites
It feels good to smile again, in the American way, blinding anyone who looks at me directly
How to throw a book party
My book has not gotten sensational reviews. It’s gotten no reviews — at least from the national press
The grievance games of the left
Since the French Revolution, left-wing politics have been essentially about revenge
Saturday
In defense of Twitter
Why should we wish away all the carnivalesque absurdity?
Left-wing Twitter goes full Apocalypse Now
Elon Musk inspires more meltdowns amid a sense that anything can and will happen
Wednesday
Is Mastodon the new Twitter?
Cockburn’s nieces help him try out the progressive alternative to Elon’s hellsite
Tuesday
I was upstaged by Jordan Peterson
My Dinner with Jordan Peterson makes for a better dinner-party story than My Buddy’s Book Launch
The brilliance of British civilization
Ceremony comes naturally to the British; Americans are suspicious of it
Monday
Why journalists shouldn’t be on TikTok
They’re worried about threats to democracy yet using a Chinese-influenced app?
Sunday
Hate and hoaxes at Twitter headquarters as Musk takes over
The media were camped out in San Francisco as sullen employees learned their fate
