The Last Spies of Paris
Unlike porters in London or doormen in New York, Paris’s omnipresent gardiennes—the eyes and ears of Haussmann buildings—are fast disappearing
Elon Musk Is the New Henry Ford (and Not in a Good Way)
Before liberals turned on Tesla, Ford was boycotted for its owner’s toxic political views
The View from Here
A New York City pediatric infectious-diseases doctor never thought he’d see a vicious resurgence of measles, an entirely preventable illness, in his lifetime. He was wrong
The Silver Fox Is Back, Baby!
From George Clooney to The White Lotus’s Jason Isaacs, to Canada’s new prime minister, men over the age of 60 are having a moment
Bombshell
A 7,600-pound nuclear weapon has been languishing off the coast of Georgia since 1958, when it was lost by the U.S. Air Force during a Cold War training exercise. What could possibly go wrong?
About a Boycott
From German musicians to Canadian hockey fans, the world is turning its back on Trump’s America
The Attention-Whore Index
Sam Bankman-Fried is begging, Elon Musk is wrecking, and the Markles are heckling
The Attention-Whore Index
R.F.K. Jr. embraces the measles, Marco Rubio gets the needle, and Donald Trump causes more upheaval
The View from Here
Is Donald Trump doing a “Reverse-Nixon”? (It’s even worse than it sounds)
Wild Ride
Tesla used to be the car of choice for virtue-signaling Democrats. Now, as liberals all over the world are unloading their “Swasticars,” will the Fox News set fill the void?
The Godfather of Punk
As the glam lead singer of the New York Dolls, David Johansen changed music forever
The Men Who Would Be King
Although most of France has moved on from the Revolution of 1789, there is a pocket of French society that yearns for the return of a monarch. But who should it be?
Not Our Jam
Of all the problems plaguing the new Netflix series With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s fixation on jam is only the beginning
Chiltern Firehouse’s Slow Burn
André Balazs on the fire that brought down his hotel—beloved by Hollywood stars and housed in a former fire station, no less—and what lies ahead for the London hot spot
The Attention-Whore Index
Steve Bannon joins the Nazi-salute brigade, Elon Musk sparks even more outrage, and Donald Trump gives up on truth, justice, and the American way
Is Elon Musk Overvalued?
Trump’s re-election made the world’s richest man even richer. But Musk’s future prospects are far from certain
The View from Here
The anti-woke intelligentsia applauded Trump’s attacks on D.E.I. What they got instead is the MAGA brand of affirmative action
Meghan Ever-Lasting
The real tradwife of Montecito just won’t stop. New this week is a rebrand of her lifestyle company, American Riviera Orchard
The View from Here
Before he took a chain saw to government spending, Elon Musk used taxpayer funds to turn a failing business into a trillion-dollar company
A Broke Hallelujah
In the latest twist in a lengthy legal battle, Leonard Cohen’s children have accused their father’s former lawyer of siphoning millions from the singer’s estate
The Next Big Thing in Book-Club Land? Edge
Being a star isn’t enough anymore. One has to be cool too
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk wants your financial information, Eric Adams suffers yet more humiliation, and Donald Trump spins lies without hesitation