The Attention Whore of the Year Awards
Elon? Tucker? Joe? Whom did you choose as the biggest braggart and blowhard of 2024?
The Unwitting Muse
Can you steal someone’s life story? A lawsuit in France—against an award-winning novelist—seeks to find out
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
Burning Down the House
The last year has seen a legion of mind-bogglingly extreme weather events. We compile the worst—and some of the worst responses
The Departure Lounge
From Oscar winners and auteurs to sex therapists and littérateurs, the year’s departed—condensed into one sentence
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
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?
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
The Attention-Whore Index
Bezos and Zuck are sucking up, Prince Andrew is letting Britain down, and it’s all Greek to Kimberly Guilfoyle
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
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 Attention-Whore Index
Bashar al-Assad flees, Juan Soto increases his fees, and the Trump nominees continue to displease
The View from Here
Rich Cohen had always felt ambivalent about his name—until he attended a convention of Richard Cohens
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
When Donald Met Elon
What would Freud say about the Trump-Musk bromance?
AIR MAIL’s Inaugural Over-Under List
From raw milk to Luigi Mangione’s eyebrow specialist, this year’s most overhyped and underhyped things
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?
Lance Morrow
The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom
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 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
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
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?
