Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment
The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?
The View from Here
Rich Cohen had always felt ambivalent about his name—until he attended a convention of Richard Cohens
AIR MAIL’s Inaugural Over-Under List
From raw milk to Luigi Mangione’s eyebrow specialist, this year’s most overhyped and underhyped things
Moscow Rolls Out the Red Carpet
The Assads haven’t just lost control of Syria, they’ve killed the Russian dream of a foothold in the Middle East. Now exiled in Moscow, they face a life of irrelevance and being ignored by Putin
The Attention-Whore Index
Bashar al-Assad flees, Juan Soto increases his fees, and the Trump nominees continue to displease
Hijacking the Influencers
A new type of online scam targets influencers and porn stars—by seizing control of social-media accounts and holding them hostage
The Attention-Whore Index
The Trump nominees pile up, Elon Musk gets down, and Matt Gaetz circles the drain
The View from Here
America’s rightward shift is not unique. Countries around the world, from Georgia to South Korea, are playing Fascist whack-a-mole
The Boss from Hell
Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back
Lance Morrow
The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom
Why Americans Love What You Do—and Brits Hate to Hear It
In the U.S., overpraising is endemic, while in the U.K., compliments are viewed as insincere
The View from Here
Would a time machine have helped thwart Trump’s re-election?
Unoriginal Sinner
Italy’s little-known, highly suspicious history with the same steroids Jannik Sinner tested positive for bodes poorly for the tennis world champion and his massage-table alibi
Inside the Music
An insightful critic and a skilled jazz pianist in his own right, David Yaffe had the rare ability to parse both the mechanics and the mysteries of a song
The View from Here
Bootlegging, drug dealing, Airbnb-ing. Diplomats abandoned by their countries turn to unusual trades to keep the consular lights burning
The Attention-Whore Index
Mark Zuckerberg raps, Whoopi Goldberg spats, and Sarah Palin strikes back
Oh, Brother!
Queen Elizabeth always preferred the boorish Andrew to the sensitive Charles. Is the King finally getting revenge on his disgraced sibling by cutting him off financially?
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk’s wealth becomes engorged, Prince Andrew receives a mysterious handout, and Anthony Weiner exposes himself (to ridicule) yet again
A Blue-Blooded Highland Fling
The 21-year-old niece of King Charles—Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor—has got the rumor mill churning at the same university where Prince William first met Kate Middleton
The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin
Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?
The Sins of the Father
The rape trial of Dominique Pelicot has shocked France. But the story has gotten even darker with the revelation that Pelicot may have drugged and abused his own daughter
The View from Here
How did Thames Water, the U.K.’s largest water company, turn a foolproof monopoly into a $20 billion money pit, leaving the country short on the very commodity it was responsible for supplying?
Waiting to Regale
From attending the Queen’s coronation and suffering familial tragedy to becoming friends with Mick Jagger and learning to cook at 86, Lady Glenconner is the quintessential survivor
There’s No Place Like Ontario Place
Once home to a public park and architectural marvels, an island off the shore of the idyllic Lake Ontario is being turned into a big-budget spa, to the ire of some locals
