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Jason Zengerle’s new book about the degradation of a once-gifted writer and broadcaster also illustrates the downward trajectory of the entire news industry during the same period.
Too often, the UN’s valuable field work is overshadowed by cynical political posturing. As a result, collecting annual dues from member states has become more difficult.
An ex-prisoner reflects on Jeffrey Epstein, the Epstein files, Prince Andrew, and the rise of online conspiracy theories.
Americans who may have ferocious disagreements about the size of government, foreign policy, and a wide range of other issues must find a way to unite around their shared commitment to the liberal idea.
A new book details the conspiratorial thinking and dark histories of two Capitol rioters.
Bari Weiss’s eleventh-hour cancellation of a 60 Minutes exposé on migrants imprisoned in El Salvador raises troubling questions about editorial independence at CBS News.
Joe Lonsdale wants public hangings restored. History shows they failed—Western societies became safer after abandoning brutal spectacle justice.
Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
The unpopular secretary of defence may not survive his latest scandal.
The bones of our conspiracies haven’t changed, though their details are different.
The Westman school massacre, explained.
Political discourse during our polarised moment can be vicious and exhausting, but it is still preferable to the alternative.
The real hoax is the one being peddled by the Trump administration right now.
Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust.
Jefferson Morley’s dogged pursuit of a CIA connection in Miami is all smoke and no fire.