The bully doctrine
The doctrine boils down to this: the more threatening a person is, the less threatening he is
Culture
Tuesday
A farewell to summer
Politicians I can do without, but I miss the whales
Monday
What can we expect from the Simpsons sequel?
It’s gotta be really, really good if it wants to stay even slightly relevant
Friday
‘Media Literacy’ and the decline of Woke
The left has entirely abandoned even the pretense of postmodern skepticism
Thursday
‘From the folks that brought you 9/11’
American comedy is embroiled in a war of words over the Riyadh Comedy Festival
Monday
Why is Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl?
Globalization is coming for America’s most popular sport
Is Slow Horses slowing down?
It might be time to take the show out to pasture
Tuesday
How does the American right move on?
Charlie was unafraid to go anywhere and make the case for what he believed
Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk have exposed the media’s depravity
The disabused lineaments of common sense are everywhere taking shape again
The blurred lines between politics and common morality
Disagreeing with the left, or the right, doesn’t make you a bad person – celebrating naked evil does
I’m done with default illiberalism
Most Americans have more in common with Charlie Kirk than with the alleged shooter or the elites making excuses
A lack of national identity has killed off the Great American Novel
The future of American fiction is not in New York’s publishing houses, nor in the pages of the New York Times
Monday
Jason Bateman breaks bad in Black Rabbit
The actor follows in Bryan Cranston’s footsteps
Thursday
Don’t cry for Jimmy Kimmel
His schtick wore thin a long time ago, and his continued presence owed as much to a lack of imagination as it did genuine talent
Wednesday
Splitsville defends monogamy
The movie knows we long for monogamy even as we court licentiousness
Tuesday
Is Antifa a terrorist organization?
Probably, but designating it as one won’t change much
Sunday
Please let this be the end of Downton Abbey
Grand? Probably not. Finale? Hopefully.
Friday
America’s ‘fringe’ has taken over the country
How did regular people become so radicalized?
Stephen King, The Long Walk and Charlie Kirk
King feels too much and thinks too little
After Charlie Kirk, Trump should crack down on campus ‘safetyism’
Kirk’s murder should spur the administration to compel colleges to live up to their duty to the public and to their own students