“Rick Perry’s Strange Sex Story” was the New York Times headline. The columnist, Gail Collins, said Perry further proved he was “an absolutely terrible secretary of energy” by arguing “that fossil fuels would protect women from sexual assault.” Perry, a conservative Republican from Texas, was an official in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet during his first […]
Certain foods stand out as political signifiers: You’re more likely to see Republicans at a steakhouse chowing down on a rare filet and less likely to see them at the local salad bar ordering a vegetarian greens and grains bowl. Democrats are more predisposed to their ice cream fix from Ben & Jerry’s or perhaps […]
We have a good idea of what Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are against. But what are they for? If MAGA succeeds in setting a cultural tone for the coming years, what will that tone be? This isn’t an easy question because MAGA contains multitudes. The two strongest cultural poles in the MAGA world […]
An old adage suggests, “There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.” That is unless you are a liberal white woman on the Netflix show Love Is Blind. Then, life’s sole happiness is intrinsically linked to a radically militant left-wing activist organization that spent the better part of a decade spreading […]
More than any president in memory, Donald Trump is attuned to aesthetics. This should scarcely come as a surprise, given that Trump is our first builder-turned-president. In his previous vocation as a real estate developer, Trump became familiar with the things that make a building more than merely functional but surpassingly beautiful. One senses that […]
Police, firefighters, paramedics, and others who put their lives on the line to serve the public are themselves facing a crisis. Studies show they’re stressed out, short-staffed, and at an increased risk of suicide. When the well-being of our nation’s emergency personnel suffers, so do our communities, as inadequate resources lead to increased response times […]
I am a writer in Los Angeles, which is just a sidelong way of saying I still have roommates as I approach 30. I’m lucky in that it’s a largely frictionless affair, though the television is far too communal for someone who watches far too much of it. The other night I was catching up […]
The Treasury Department said Iran has increasingly utilized criminal networks to conduct attacks targeting the U.S. as well as attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe.
The US Postal Service has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the US Postal Service budget.
Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty to obstruction charges Thursday, while describing himself as a "proud patriot" who was trying to expose the supposed “lies" of the Biden administration.