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Israel's War in Lebanon Has Not Stopped
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (822+ words) I recently spoke by phone with Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Endowment's Middle East Center, who lives in Lebanon and was in Beirut when we talked. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we…...
The Costs of Trump's Iran-War Folly
29+ min ago (183+ words) How awful, then, to have to admit what we Americans have seen for a decade now'this is not a new Trump but a very old one. Defeat will not temper his mania. There is no strategic setback so big as…...
Big Mistakes" Is a Crime Show for the Girls and the Gays
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (46+ words) How Apollo 13 got lost on its way to the moon'then made it back. "The Giving Tree" is sadder than you remember. The dog that inherited twelve million dollars. An unrequited love story with J. F. K. , Jr. The best books of 2026 so far....
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 9th
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (51+ words) Potential slogans for J. D. Vance's 2028 Presidential campaign. Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. Mom and Dad: the performance review. A day in my highly optimized, convenient life. When to go to the hospital for childbirth. I, a…...
So Sorry'I Was Just Reminded of My Own Mortality
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (238+ words) Excuse me, excuse me, sorry, sorry, sorry'I just have to squeeze past you. I figured out where this movie was going five minutes ago and there are a hundred and six minutes left (I looked it up) so I'm gonna…...
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (46+ words) How Apollo 13 got lost on its way to the moon'then made it back. "The Giving Tree" is sadder than you remember. The dog that inherited twelve million dollars. An unrequited love story with J. F. K. , Jr. The best books of 2026 so far....
Pam Bondi Fails to Make Her Case
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (135+ words) Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen "Pam Bondi's Legacy of Flattery and Destruction," by Ruth Marcus "A U. S. -Iran Ceasefire Is Here, but Trump's Stone Age Mentality Endures," by Ishaan Tharoor "Sam Altman May Control Our Future'Can He Be…...
It's'D'j'Vu All Over Again
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (51+ words) Potential slogans for J. D. Vance's 2028 Presidential campaign. Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. Mom and Dad: the performance review. A day in my highly optimized, convenient life. When to go to the hospital for childbirth. I, a…...
A Reading List from the Director of the Noguchi Museum
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (106+ words) I'm always fascinated by artists' biographies'reading about where they came from, how they were able to do the work that they did, their obsessions and their points of view. Asawa was born in California in 1926, and was one of over…...
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 8th
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (51+ words) Potential slogans for J. D. Vance's 2028 Presidential campaign. Starter packs for things you will start but never finish. Mom and Dad: the performance review. A day in my highly optimized, convenient life. When to go to the hospital for childbirth. I, a…...