Vince Gilligan is the master of the slow burn. Rewatching the showrunner’s debut now, one is startled to find that Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is rather dull until episode six, when chemist-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White nearly blows up a rival with a clump of fulminated mercury. Better Call Saul (2015-2022), in retrospect an even finer series, spends […]

In all the words that have been devoted to the films of Stanley Kubrick, I do not know whether any writer has invoked Gustave Flaubert’s famous injunction to “be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” Yet no 20th-century artist, writer, filmmaker, composer, or otherwise, […]

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently penned a letter to donors, telling them he’s not planning on “going anywhere.” Since his loss in the New York City mayoral election, Cuomo has stoked speculation about whether he will continue a career in politics. “The campaign may be over, but our work is not. I’m not going anywhere,” Cuomo […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that there’s been a near-500% rise in “Nihilistic Violent Extremism” arrests this year. Most of the cases involve “764,” a group of nihilistic predators who target children online. “Important story – this FBI has seen an almost 500% increase in arrests associated with ‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’ – often involving the […]