Democrats are shut out of power in Washington, D.C., but they hope that doesn’t last long. Historically speaking, the midterm elections offer an opportunity to rein in a political party that controls the elected branches of the federal government. That currently describes Republicans under President Donald Trump. Democrats earnestly believe they can make next year’s […]
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) left some people scratching their heads on Thursday after he provided an impassioned defense for the Islamic nation of Qatar during a congressional hearing. A Washington Examiner review of Foreign Agents Registration Act records found that the arguments Marshall made to defend Qatar matched talking points provided to his office by […]
Fitting a novel‘s plot into two hours is an undertaking like jamming Cinderella‘s stepsister’s foot into the glass slipper: You have to hack off toes or full limbs. But this is the age of binge-watching, and directors need to make fewer procrustean compromises to runtime now. Instead, they just make a miniseries, a format that […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the latter’s home country on Friday to discuss strategic enhancements to geopolitical security against China’s aggression and to protect universal navigation rights in the South China Sea for all countries. Hegseth called for the countries to stand “shoulder to shoulder” in collaborative […]
In November 2023, downtown San Francisco underwent a sudden transformation. Its streets were power washed, graffiti was erased, trash was cleared, and the city’s sizable homeless population was relocated. For a city grappling with a mass exodus fueled by these very problems, the cleanup revealed that it was never a matter of feasibility but rather […]
When Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) shared her opinion on President Donald Trump‘s March 4 joint address to Congress, her objections to his remarks and policies were of no surprise coming from a leading progressive voice. Her comments would’ve seemed unheard of even a few years ago. “Somebody slap me and wake me the f*** up […]
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 […]
Some lives are so outsize they seem to punch through the fabric of reality itself, leaving a mark that’s impossible to ignore. George Foreman, who died on March 22 at 76, was one such figure — a man who didn’t just step into the ring but stormed it, twice claiming the heavyweight boxing crown, only […]
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 […]
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 […]
