93 Years of Shatner

A tribute to an irrepressible TV star’s ability to live long and prosper.

Kevin Mims

22 Mar 2024 · 21 min read

William Shatner in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise, 1979)

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Trump bleeding from ear, Lee Harvey Oswald in court with black eye, US Secret Service with gun on day of Trump's shooting.

It’s the Narrative, Stupid!

Every time there is a shooting, everybody turns to their narrative. We all want our stories to be vindicated, and we are perplexed if the expected pattern does not emerge.

Fred Litwin

18 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

A burnt home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. A sign reads "Ofir Shoshani was brutally murdered in this house."

An Interrupted Genocide

The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.

Jeffrey Herf

18 Jul 2024 · 11 min read

Donald Trump and the Perils of Myth-Making

In the wake of the shooting, we should neither demonise nor sanctify Trump, but assess him by normal political standards.

Jason Garshfield

17 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

Podcast #243: The Freedom to Blaspheme

Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada.

Quillette

17 Jul 2024 · 18 min read

Police snipers on a roof during Donald Trump’s campaign event in Pennsylvania on 13 July 2024.

A Wretched Situation

The failure of the Secret Service to provide adequate protection to a standard-bearer for one of the major parties is the latest example of American breakdown.