Brace yourselves, I’m going to “kink shame.” Though it might feel good in the moment, tying your commitment-phobic boyfriend to the bed is not appropriate sexual behavior. Such is the lesson of Oh, Hi!, an off-kilter romantic comedy that may well be the most outrageously entertaining movie of the summer. A story of desire, frustration, […]
In Scoop, Evelyn Waugh’s great satire of journalism in general and foreign correspondents in particular, newspaper magnate Lord Copper sends a reporter to the African Republic of Ishmaelia to cover the crisis unfolding there. “We think it a very promising little war,” he declares. “A microcosm, as you might say, of world drama.” Phoebe Greenwood’s […]
Every year around this time, from about the age of 7 until I was 21, older people asked me the same question: “So,” they’d say with a genial chuckle, “are you ready to go back to school?” I haven’t heard that question in about 39 years, but this week I heard it again for the […]
A federal judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to stop providing access to Medicaid enrollees' personal data to immigration officials.
When I was in fifth grade, I aced the Presidential Fitness Test. Not because I was some athletic prodigy — I was a large child who’d later become a big man — but because we had a pull-up bar at home. My parents had installed it in a doorway, and like my 5-year-old daughter today, […]
AI hallucinations aren't just for high school students: It seems that federal judges are turning their jobs over to the chatbots -- and suffering the problems that come with it.
Many Democrats see their political party as "weak" or "ineffective," according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe the GOP as "greedy" or say it is generally "bad."
White House economist Kevin Hassett said Sunday the monthly jobs numbers are "unreliable" and "not keeping up with the economy," as he suggested overhauling the formula used to calculate the data.
CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announces Trump administration plans to invest over $200 billion in Medicaid following passage of One Big Beautiful Bill.
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticizes new GOP redistricting map that looks to gain seats for Republicans by consolidating or flipping Democratic strongholds.
The Congressional Review Act provides an opportunity to reverse decisions from the Biden administration that halted mineral development in the western United States.
It has passed into history as proof of Christian America’s ‘war on science.’ Less remembered is that it’s an example of Christianity standing against...
The Senate adjourned late Saturday for its summer break without a deal on fast-tracking confirmation of President Trump's nominees, setting up a September battle over the nominations and government funding.
Progressive activists look to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani as inspiring leaders and the future of the Democratic Party at Voters of Tomorrow Summit in D.C.
North Carolina's state auditor said he is looking forward to "keeping government accountable" by cutting wasteful spending through a state form of DOGE.
