A coalition of family members who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary event at ground zero, citing his past comments and ties to people linked to radical Islam.
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement Tuesday following months of White House criticism over how the historic institution and its dozens of museums present U.S. history.
Republicans are intensifying their attacks on James Talarico ahead of this week's convention in Dallas, rolling out a series of ads and national media broadsides that cast the Austin Democrat as culturally and ideologically out of step with Texas.
Too Much, the 10-episode Netflix series from Lena Dunham, invites a series of unflattering comparisons to the Girls auteur’s earlier work. There’s the shared cast (Dunham, show-stealer Andrew Rannells, Rita Wilson, and beloved character actor Richard Grant all make reappearances); the rapid-fire, zeitgeisty dialogue (Dunham wrote or co-wrote every episode); the messy, socially dysfunctional, yet […]
Shoplifting, murder, acid-throwing, hammer blows, knives, guns, and nearly every kind of threat proliferated in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Yet Paris was called the City of Light. It was home to cultural bastions such as the Louvre and to artists like Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van […]
The night Israel launched its stunning aerial campaign against Iran last month, incredible stories began emerging from Tehran of senior generals and nuclear scientists assassinated in their apartments, attack drones launched by Israel from warehouses inside Iran, explosions at nuclear facilities, and even Mossad agents in Tehran. No matter how outlandish the rumors, they’d almost […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent document dumps expose the determined and persistent campaign of former CIA Director John Brennan to use and abuse his office for the political aim of defeating Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016, trying to undermine Trump after he won, and weakening or derailing Trump’s presidency before it even […]
I was halfway asleep on a very long plane ride when the flight attendant made a request. “Is there anyone on board,” she asked into the plane’s intercom, “who is a medical doctor?” I suppose she’s had enough experience with pompous academics with Ph.D.s that she felt the need to specify medical doctor. How many […]
School “meditation rooms” and “harm-reduction circles,” a new study shows, don't cure juvenile delinquents but instead undermine teachers' authority and lead to more chaotic...
Three cheers for the Manhattan jury that quickly acquitted CVS clerk Scott Enoe of manslaughter for defending himself and his fellow employees against a...
Jeff Daniels claimed that country has lost "civility" and "respect for the rule of law" under the Trump administation — seemingly forgetting some of...
A huge influx of international students has changed the character of American institutions, crowding out US-born students — and even making them targets of...
Sleazy failed mayoral candidate and disastrous fiscal manager Comptroller Brad Lander hit a new low last night when he suggested—evidence free—that Mayor Eric Adams...
