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The View from Here

Harvard’s sanctioning of two Rhodes Scholarship recipients is only the latest in a series of controversies plaguing the prestigious academic prize

When Your Teacher Is Qatar

As student protesters call for their universities to divest from Israel, Qatar is spending billions to influence those same schools

The Attention-Whore Index

Donald Trump is guilty as hell, Richard Dreyfuss loves a good yell, and you don’t want Martha-Ann Alito ringing your doorbell. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

The Attention-Whore Index

Donald Trump is at a loss for words, Scarlett Johansson is losing her voice, and the Sussexes’ invitation got lost in the mail. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

The Making of the Alitos

The upside-down views and resentful personalities of the Supreme Court justice and his wife, Martha-Ann, exploded into public view 18 years ago

The View from Here

France loves a student protest almost as much as a one-euro baguette. So why isn’t Paris burning?

Show Us the Waymo

Alphabet’s driverless cars arrive in Los Angeles. Can they make sitting in traffic kind of … fun?

Roanoke’s Requiem

A grassroots effort attempts to make sense of a heartbreaking cancer surge among Roanoke College’s young alumni

The Long War at Columbia University

In 2004, a short Internet documentary accusing particular professors of anti-Semitism provoked a local furor. Today, some see it as an unheeded warning

The Great Escape

With the ever increasing danger that Trump might win the election, many Americans are planning their exit strategies

The Attention-Whore Index

Harry and Meghan are delinquent, Kristi Noem can’t stop fibbing, and Donald Trump would probably like to eat your liver. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

The View from Here

Why Francis Ford Coppola should be cherished for being the last great dreamer in Hollywood

The Secret Daughter

A battle over the estate of Mario D’Urso—the Italian banker and senator who epitomized the 1970s jet set—gets complicated when a daughter he didn’t know he had enters the picture

No Strings Attached

People are increasingly turning to “A.I. companion” sites for physical and emotional intimacy—whether they’re single in real life or not

The Attention-Whore Index

Kristi Noem is in the doghouse, the Met Gala is a deranged dystopia, and Donald Trump is getting down and dirty. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

C. J. Sansom

The Scottish author created a new genre of literature—historical crime—and sold more than two million copies of his captivating Shardlake series

The View from Here

Scenes from the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

Hello, Ladies!

The Garrick Club—the preferred snoozing, dining, and watering hole of King Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sting—has finally voted to accept female members. Not everyone is happy

A Conspiracy of One

When high-profile members of the British Establishment—including a former prime minister—were accused of being pedophiles, the country tore itself apart trying to find the truth

The Attention-Whore Index

Harry and Meghan are back in the spotlight, Kristi Noem shoots a puppy, and Donald Trump is discontented in court. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

The View from Here

For too long, Big Tech has enjoyed freedom without responsibility

Maximum Speed and Micro Bikinis

Eurotrash, tech bros, and global power brokers mingle at the crypto-currency-sponsored orgy of excess that is the Formula One Miami Grand Prix

The Attention-Whore Index

Donald Trump creates a stink, Joe Biden causes offense, and Taylor Swift doth protest too much. Plus, the most peculiar news from around the world

Hamptons Agonistes

When the starry New York club Zero Bond tried to lease a historic inn in tony East Hampton, battle lines were swiftly drawn in the well-groomed sand