A Rorschach test for understanding what is ailing American society.
Is Donald Trump a fascist? The debate itself is revealing.
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Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2015, there has been a public obsession with
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“Die Hard” debuted in theaters 35 years ago, sparking a debate that has divided fans for decades.
The question over whether the classic 1988 action film is a Christmas movie has become the subject of heated discussion every holiday season.
Directed by John McTiernan, “Die Hard” stars Bruce Willis as an NYPD officer, John McClane, who unexpectedly finds himself fighting to save his estranged wife, Holly Gennaro McClane (Bonnie Bedelia) and her co-workers after they are taken hostage by a
The best way to understand last week’s unusual debate between Governors Gavin Newsom of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida is to think of them less as representatives of different political parties than as ambassadors from different countries.
Thursday night’s debate on Fox News probably won’t much change the arc of either man’s career. DeSantis is still losing altitude in the 2024 GOP presidential race, and Newsom still faces years of auditioning before Democratic leaders and voters for a possible
So what are you writing about this week,’ my wife inquired. ‘How the United Nations is unfit for purpose and become something of a laughing stock,’ I replied.
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘Well, Iran is now a seminal force on the UN Human Rights Council.’
‘You’re joking!’ she responded, incredulously.
‘Sadly, I’m not. There’s a major UNHRC event currently taking place in Geneva under the chairmanship of Iran’s ambassador to the UN.’
‘Well,’ she said, shaking her head.
This week, the mob came for Germany’s Jews. Wearing masks, they crept on foot through the deserted streets at dawn to hurl Molotov cocktails at a Berlin synagogue and daub the Star of David on the front door of a family who worship there.
On Thursday night, standing outside the synagogue where he is chairman, Pasha Lyubarsky asked me sadly: ‘How could this happen in Germany after the Holocaust?’
Two police officers now stand guard 24 hours a day beside
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“X, who is not under the [voluntary EU disinformation] Code any more is the platform with the largest ratio of mis/disinformation posts.”
– said EU Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová, in charge of values and transparency, in a press statement on Tuesday (26 September).
Story of the week: It’s “not up to Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg to
The campaign to cancel Natalie Bird began with an item of clothing.
She was standing in the sandwich queue when a woman marched over asking ‘Why are you wearing that T-shirt?’
The T-shirt in question had the words ‘Woman: Adult Human Female’ emblazoned across it. To some, an indisputable fact. To others, a red rag to a bull. Either way, it proved a provocative choice for a Liberal Democrat gathering.
‘I told the woman I was wearing it because I
On Wednesday night, the 2024 campaign season officially began, and it was the weirdest season opener in recent memory. Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, did not show up. And even though the contenders on the stage likely have no chance of winning the nomination, the debate was important, in that a lot was revealed about the future of the party.
Nikki Haley came across as the reasonable, truth-telling candidate. She got nowhere. Newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy,
