Looking for Mr. Far-Right
Incel provocateur Nick Fuentes hates women. So why does he have so many female fans? Welcome to the world of the “groypette”
The View from Here
Two Nobel Prize–winning women helped ignite the upheavals in Venezuela and Iran—yet must now resort to extreme measures simply to be heard
No Fun in the Sun
Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s
Knives Out at the Louvre
Laurence des Cars was Emmanuel Macron’s personal pick for the role of Louvre director. Now, following a string of disasters—including that jewel heist—the aristocratic curator says she is fighting for her career
The Battle for Miami Beach
A contentious bidding process for a prime oceanfront location has led to a courtroom drama featuring alleged bribes and tawdry text messages
Blood Feud of the Beckhams
Legal notices! Blocked on Instagram! The family fight between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents has escalated dramatically
The View from Here
The return of U.S. troops to Puerto Rico’s long-shuttered military bases has re-ignited old concerns—and a battle many thought was over
The Curious Case of Meghan Markle’s Disappearing Publicist
How the Duchess of Sussex’s foundation lost its 11th—11th!—flack
The AIR MAIL Diary
George Clooney is at a loss for words, Brigitte Bardot causes mischief from the grave, and other strange stories in our new, globe-spanning column …
Blood and Soil at Harvard
Inside the far-right takeover of Harvard University’s Young Republican groups
Playing Tennis with Abbie Hoffman
It’s 1974, you’re a Los Angeles sitcom writer, and you’ve just been asked to hit some balls with a notorious fugitive from justice. Where’s your racket?
Living the Dream
Money can’t buy happiness, but from $5,000 smart mattress covers to circadian-tuned private jets, the .1 percent is determined to buy a good night’s sleep
The View from Here
Every decade has a reigning ethos—a Zeitgeist, as the Germans say. In the 2020s, it’s smash-and-grab
Rothschild vs. Rothschild
The secretive international-banking family is at each other’s throats over who should own the contents of the baronial home—“a mini Louvre”—holding masterpieces by Goya, Rembrandt, and El Greco
The Attention-Whore Index
After three years cataloguing the world’s most insufferable showboaters, the Attention-Whore Index waves good-bye (and good riddance!)
The View from Here
Are we getting stupider? The data should be taken with a grain of salt, but the headlines are harder to dismiss
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An urgent message from Santa Claus
The First Couple of the Online Right
Candace Owens, George Farmer, and the London church where old-world grandeur meets Digital Age grievance
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There’s a clear line from Bush v. Gore, 25 years ago, to the January 6 insurrection
Architecture with the Power of Art
Frank Gehry, more than anyone since Frank Lloyd Wright, made cutting-edge buildings that were genuinely popular
The $158 $170 Million Question: Part III
As the Senate investigation into Leon Black and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein intensifies, the billionaire financier’s son joins the Trump administration
AIR MAIL’s Annual Over-Under List
From Yorgos Lanthimos and Labubus to King Charles and the mold at Bathhouse, this year’s most overhyped and underhyped things
Flying Into a Rage over Trump
Noisy air traffic has been diverted from above Mar-a-Lago to other parts of tony Palm Beach. The neighbors are not amused
The View from Here
Vladimir Putin has spent the past decade re-writing the history of the Soviet collapse in service of his own ends. It worked
