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Watergate-Era Washington Was Less Toxic Than This

admin10 May 2025

It’s spring in Washington, D.C., the most beautiful time of the year. Dogwood, forsythia, cherry trees, tulips and daffodils decorate every sidewalk, wisterias weep from porch overhangs, and redbuds pop up at every corner. The air is redolent of ...

Democrats Must Embrace Their Inner Jerry Springer

admin10 May 2025

Given that Hollywood is often caricatured as a hotbed of liberalism, it’s surprising that Republicans seem so much better than Democrats at the showbiz side of politics. Two Republican presidents have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Presidents ...

Today Harvard Is the Target. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Church.

admin10 May 2025

Conservatives like me once instinctively understood that expanding government power — even briefly — invites harm. Yet recent attempts by President Trump’s administration to use the tax code as a weapon reveal how easily partisanship can override ...

Where Trump Might Find Success if He Gets Below the Surface

admin10 May 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted with jagged insouciance when the Trump administration snatched control of the slow-moving Penn Station redevelopment project from New York State last month. “I want to thank the president,” she said, “for taking on the sole ...

2 Men Found Guilty of Felling Britain’s Sycamore Gap Tree

admin10 May 2025

Prosecutors said the men had committed the “act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage” together and filmed it on a cellphone.

A Tension Unlike Anything Felt in Decades

admin10 May 2025

A reporter recalling a war from his childhood finds the fear familiar, but the weapons more high-tech and the fog of disinformation far thicker.

How the TV Hit ‘Fallout’ Became a Champion of Made-in-California

admin10 May 2025

The show’s producer, Jonathan Nolan, has put himself at the forefront of Hollywood’s push to get California to approve $750 million in tax rebates.

After the Blast

admin10 May 2025

In One Image After the Blast By Saher Alghorra It was late afternoon, but this restaurant in Gaza City was still bustling when an Israeli airstrike tore through it. Customers sat at the tables under its tarp, eating pizza or crepes and using the Wi ...

Amid Blockade, Trump and Israel Mull Divisive Aid Plan For Gaza

admin10 May 2025

The Trump administration is working with the Israeli government on a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and end Israel’s two-month blockade on food and fuel deliveries, according to the State Department. Aid workers have raised serious doubts ...