The Great American State Fair could be the best Trump spectacle yet
It’s no surprise that Trump, the OG influencer, is pushing America to become the international influencer
America
Monday
Tuesday
The populism of Machiavelli and Jefferson
In America today, our virtues and successes are our undoing, much more than our vices or failures
The peculiar American attitude toward death
Taking our mortality too seriously has been an increasing problem in our country. Thank heavens for the satirists who refuse to do so
Sunday
Treachery! Americans rank Britain the world’s best country
Clearly there wasn’t a category for dental hygiene included under public health…
Wednesday
Can James Gunn deliver a pro-American Superman?
David Corenswet has been cast as the iconic DC Comics hero, with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
Thursday
Noël Coward, the English playwright who loved all things American
In order to take over the globe, he had to succeed in the largest English-language market
Monday
A tale of a Cracker Jack box and the old America
I’ve tried many times to imagine that Saturday in the autumn of 1923
Tuesday
The Whitney Houston biopic is a big, gay masterpiece
When Hollywood gets representation right
Thursday
Four vectors of danger for America and the West
It’s not just 1970s-style omens; we’ve got plenty of new problems too
Wednesday
Celebrating the Fourth in free Florida
Bad drivers, happy faces, and unmatched patriotism
Sunday
This great ungovernable country
Defiance of pointy-headed authority is in America’s very marrow
Monday
Don’t cancel John Donne’s poetry
He’s being attacked as a colonialist but his work was far more complex and erotic than that
Monday
America’s control over the international system is slipping
And that’s OK. It’s time to accept the next best thing to being number one
Saturday
The joie de vivre of Emily in Paris
It’s a charming escape from all the virtue-signaling and haranguing — which is why the elite critics hate it
Sunday
Let’s stay together
Why has a national divorce become a popular idea in the Party of Lincoln?
Tuesday
Abortion has poisoned American politics. Good
This is one issue where the culture war should burn hot
Sunday
Ending our corporate dependence on China
A recent bill addressing forced Uyghur labor is a good step
Saturday
Why America needs a grand bargain with Russia
It’s unfortunate but Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO
Wednesday
America has few good options in Haiti
US missionaries have been kidnapped by a gang — yet there’s very little we can do about it
Thursday
America the fat and impotent
We watch too much porn and too much sports — and it’s weakening us
