President Trump signed an executive order Thursday revoking the security clearances for attorneys at WilmerHale, a high-powered Washington law firm that once employed former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Born in Toronto in 1944, Lorne David Lipowitz, as Lorne Michaels was known at birth, was, like all baby boomers, seemingly predisposed to undermine, question, and, above all, parody the prevailing conventions of his civilization. “People start to be funny early in their lives, when they notice the difference between the official version and what […]
When I tell my friends in show business that I am now at Princeton Theological Seminary, getting a master’s degree in divinity and on my way, I hope, to ordination in the Episcopal Church, their response is usually to nod thoughtfully and say something along the lines of “Can’t wait to read the sitcom script […]
On the night of Oct. 10, 1985, Lt. Cmdr. Barry Steel, call sign Vert, was relaxing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. The ship was cruising in Alert 60, a readiness condition with weapons stowed and planes tied down, so it would take 60 minutes to launch a bird. “Stand by. Stand by. Now launch […]
It is old hat to say that Steven Soderbergh’s movies are stylish, but a look through the auteur’s catalog inspires few descriptors that are more fitting. The director of 35 feature films since 1989’s Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Soderbergh knows when to begin and end a scene. He understands what characters should wear and how […]
This column will be boring to read. You know I try. I really do, but there is no other way. This week I write about antisemitism. There is so much of it about, and so much is said about it, that by now, you must as be bored with it as I am. But it […]
A tag team consisting of a reality TV star and the former CEO of the world’s largest professional wrestling organization wants to dismantle the Education Department. This unlikely duo’s rise to power began a quarter century ago, when a sea of shlock engulfed America, propelling Linda and Vince McMahon to become billionaires and Donald Trump […]
WEST VIEW, Pennsylvania — Female bodies are not as strong, fast, or capable as male bodies. That is not my opinion; it is a fact. Dr. Neel Burton wrote in Psychology Today just that. “Men are physically stronger than women, who have, on average, less total muscle mass, both in absolute terms and relative to […]
President Trump’s senior adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk, along with seven Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers, defended the number of federal government employees the advisory board has moved to terminate in recent months, arguing that “almost no one has gotten fired.” In a wide-ranging hour-long interview on Fox's "Special Report" with Bret Baier,...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said the Trump administration’s decision to arrest a Turkish immigrant who studied at Tufts University while on a student visa was out of the ordinary and in contrast with Massachusetts’ tradition. “Massachusetts has been welcoming students and immigrants for four centuries. The footage I saw today of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa...