Americans no longer share television shows or social media apps, let alone a common understanding of the basic facts of current events. Spreading the outright lie that Charlie Kirk‘s alleged assassin was a member of “the MAGA gang” got Jimmy Kimmel put in timeout by Disney, only for the overeager response of the Trump administration […]
A serial arsonist with antifa ties was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two decades in federal prison for firebombing a California police patrol car and attempting to torch a federal courthouse. The 19-year prison sentence marks the longest one to date for an antifa-associated federal defendant. This comes as the Trump administration continues to crack down […]
Just a few months ago, Republicans were riding high, giddy after having passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. But as the saying goes, a few weeks can be an eternity in politics. And as autumn kicks in, it’s clear that cheer is turning into fear. What gives? And what does it mean […]
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorists invaded Israel, catching the Jewish state off guard and perpetrating the largest slaughter of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust. For the first time in decades, Israel appeared truly weak and vulnerable, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Long regarded as the region’s military superpower, Israel was […]
As Israel solemnly marks the second anniversary of the devastating invasion it suffered at the hands of Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, it’s fitting to take stock of where the embattled country stands. On balance, Israel has made signal gains on the battlefield, continues to struggle to complete its objectives in the Gaza Strip, […]
Responding to Nazi Germany‘s aerial bombing onslaught against European cities during World War II, Arthur Harris, commander of Britain’s own aerial bombing forces, invoked a biblical quote. Harris warned that the Nazis had “sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.” The Nazis did reap the whirlwind of their unprecedented aggression. […]
UCLA’s chancellor encouraged school officials to resist the Trump administration in the upcoming negotiations to restore over half a billion dollars in federal funding. Julio Frenk, the university’s chancellor, made the comments on “America at a Crossroads,” a virtual interview held on Zoom on Thursday evening, “Can America’s Universities Survive the Current Assault? A Conversation […]
Rob Reiner’s directorial debut, the cult classic 1984 comedy This Is Spinal Tap, succeeded because the fake British band of the title — singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and a rotating cast of doomed drummers — was a dead ringer for any number of […]
Robert Redford accepted the burden of being born with natural swagger, easy charm, and clean-cut good looks. To many, those attributes would hardly be considered crosses to bear, but in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, Redford was an outlier. To his credit, though, he knew, accepted, and tried to make sense of that […]
HBO’s Task is one of those shows that vanishes from memory the moment one stops streaming it. Even the name is forgettable, as I found to my dismay when trying to discuss it with friends. Tarp? Trap? Take? Oh, why bother? It’s the one with the guy from Zodiac and the Avengers films. Max something. […]
