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Welcome to post-truth America
A couple more weeks in the Bagel and then on to dear old London. I’ve had a very good time…
Steve Bannon’s army of lookalikes
Stephen K. Bannon positioned himself as the godfather of a new American political movement. Now he’s cultivated the aesthetic of…
Who’s right — Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity?
Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity have, by some distance, the most successful cable news shows in the country. In June,…
The crumbling lawsuit against Fox News
The new lawsuit filed by two women against Fox News and several of its personalities is riddled with inaccuracies. This…
Trump isn’t the only one to blame for our slack response to COVID-19
One of the mantras for interpreting the nature of Donald Trump has always been to take him ‘seriously, but not…
A hostile media helps Donald Trump
The news media of the late 1700s and early 1800s consisted almost entirely of partisan political operations. Ron Chernow, the biographer…
Donald Trump goes Fox hunting
Has Donald Trump outfoxed himself? In the past few days Trump has been lashing out at the network for publishing…
Trump’s massive shadow cabinet
If President Trump secures re-election next fall — a prospect growing less likely by the day — it won’t be…
Give Tucker Carlson a Nobel prize!
The strong favorite for the Nobel Peace Prize this year is Greta Thunberg, a girl who lectures grownups about climate…
The genesis of the #NeverBernie movement
Is a #NeverBernie faction starting to emerge among Democrats? Sanders is on a roll after his appearance at a town…
Why the Left can’t understand Tucker Carlson
There are some furrowed brows (as well as some furtive giggles) over Tucker Carlson’s recent hypothetical musings about what the…
What would happen if Rupert Murdoch owned the BBC?
A new book published today by the Institute of Economic Affairs called In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC…
Why must David Cameron insult Oxford, when it gave him so much?
In 2000, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, accused Magdalen College, Oxford, of class bias in failing to…
France’s civil war — and the struggle facing Europe
...and the struggle facing Europe
Encounters with the nastiest people on the internet
It is almost a century since the Michelin brothers had the brainwave of supplementing their motorists’ guide with information about…
Why Beyoncé is a conservative icon
Meet popular culture’s most powerful advocate for marriage
