Skip to Content

The Attention Whore of the Year Awards

Elon? Tucker? Joe? Whom did you choose as the biggest braggart and blowhard of 2024?

Missionary Positions

The Christian right spent millions to smear Dr. Mary Calderone, a 1960s sex-education activist. Now the issues Calderone campaigned for are under fire again—this time from the incoming Trump administration

A Restaurant Revolt in London

Locals are sick of tourists and influencers crowding their favorite restaurants—and are turning to ingenious means to lead them astray

On the Couch with Freud (Bella, That Is)

The fashion designer—and great-granddaughter of Sigmund—analyzes Kate Moss, Zadie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas on her new podcast

The Lady Macbeth of South Korea

Her husband imposed martial law for her, and she’s been accused of using black magic to help him—but is Kim Keon-hee more innocent flower than serpent?

The View from Here

Take it from a good person: when it comes to throwing dinner parties—and dealing with uninvited guests—everyone could benefit from being bad

The Attention-Whore Index

Bezos and Zuck are sucking up, Prince Andrew is letting Britain down, and it’s all Greek to Kimberly Guilfoyle

To Catch a Manuscript Thief

The shocking leak of Pope Francis’s closely guarded autobiography bears uncanny similarities to an infamous publishing swindler’s modus operandi

When Donald Met Elon

What would Freud say about the Trump-Musk bromance?

The Attention-Whore Index

Bashar al-Assad flees, Juan Soto increases his fees, and the Trump nominees continue to displease

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?

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 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

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 Attention-Whore Index

The Trump nominees pile up, Elon Musk gets down, and Matt Gaetz circles the drain

Lance Morrow

The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom

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

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

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?

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

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