Joe Biden’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
American-born and raised in France by a stepfather who had survived the Holocaust, Tony Blinken will shape the next president’s global relations
King of Queens
Is newly elected New York State representative Zohran Kwame Mamdani the next A.O.C.?
The View from Here
A concession speech for a presidential loser who won’t admit he’s, well, a loser
Instagram’s Brave New World
Influencers who are computer-generated and who, like their followers, never sleep
When Charles Met Diana
As Netflix unveils The Crown’s Diana years, a closer look at the princess-to-be who sobbed her way through her wedding rehearsal
No One Spikes These Stories
How Substack became home to big-name journalists who felt “the Youngs” in newsrooms were putting wokeness ahead of important ideas
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news for these rather curious days
Xi Marks the Spot
The coronavirus accelerated China’s rise, but the country’s future isn’t as certain as its president insists
Did She Marry a He-Devil?
Fay Weldon’s life eerily imitates her fiction
“A Bit of a Clever Dick”
Scottish actor-comedian John Sessions voiced Laurence Olivier, acted with Meryl Streep, and channeled Keith Richards
Depp Goes Down Swinging
Once Hollywood’s fêted heartthrob, Johnny Depp may never work again after this week’s High Court verdict in the U.K.
The View from Here
Happy days are weird again
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news for these rather curious days
The Biden Touch
He wears his heart where every Scranton native does: on his sleeve. Thank God
The View from Here
Be my guest: it’s really quite simple …
The Secret Histories
Collectors and voyeurs vie for other people’s diaries
Cruel Brittania
Why on earth does Boris Johnson want to tune out the BBC?
I, Coronavirus
Trump’s real running mate takes a stand
The King and They
Blinged-out Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand is losing his God-like status as protesters march in the streets
Off the Rails
The famed Ian Allan Book & Model Shop in London, a favorite of railway enthusiasts, is the U.K.’s latest coronavirus casualty
Benched
A former Trump-appointed judge (of the Miss USA pageant) has some advice for Amy Coney Barrett
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news about these rather curious days
The View from Here
Would you hire Donald Trump to work at your company?
Vice Gets Squeezed
Shane Smith convinced Rupert Murdoch and Disney that his company was, as the kids say, the sh!t. Until it wasn’t. How did Vice blow it—and trash billions in valuation?
