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Scott Bessent is winning Treasury’s debt ceiling race against time

Since the start of President Donald Trump‘s second term, the weight of the world, or at least of global markets, international trade, and geopolitical...

My my hey hey, Western Civ has got to stay

Back in 1989, amid the first flush of what was then known as “political correctness,” a troupe of ardent feminists had famously infiltrated the...

The New Right rides again: Review of ‘The New Conservatives’ by Oren Cass

When Donald Trump won his second term in the White House last fall, a whole host of other politicos and organizations won with him....

The princess’s people: Review of ‘Dianaworld: An Obsession’ by Edward White

The wonderful thing about dying young, rich, and famous is that you’re spared the cruelties of time.  Wrinkles don’t line your eyes. The amber...

World famous magician Penn Jillette’s semi-autobiographical novel about criminal carnies

“Bob Dylan never really did it, he never hopped a train, but I really did,” writes Poe Legette, the protagonist of Felony Juggler, a...

Susan Choi’s uneven return: Review of ‘Flashlight’ by Susan Choi

I read the new Susan Choi novel in five long sittings, each of which produced a storm cloud of indecision. Had Choi penned, as...

Caught in the momentum of New York: Review of ‘Glass Century’ by Ross Barkan

Political Currents is the highly subscribed New York politics newsletter where readers these days are most likely to encounter Ross Barkan, if not in...

Letter rip: Review of ‘Syme’s Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence’ by Rachel Syme

As an inhabitant of planet Earth since 1983, I am just old enough to remember the days when mail was, by definition, something tangible...

Twin studies: Review of ‘Parallel Lines’ by Edward St. Aubyn

Edward St. Aubyn’s latest novel is, according to the publisher’s blurb, written with the English author’s “trademark wit and inimitable style.” Readers with even...

Bad books of summer

George Orwell defined a “good bad book” as “the kind of book that has no literary pretensions but which remains readable when more serious...
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