The View from Here
The anti-woke intelligentsia applauded Trump’s attacks on D.E.I. What they got instead is the MAGA brand of affirmative action
The Apostate
Trump’s dead-eyed hatchet man in the Justice Department, Emil Bove III, has attacked the very office that taught him the law—and betrayed the ideals he once espoused
The View from Here
Before he took a chain saw to government spending, Elon Musk used taxpayer funds to turn a failing business into a trillion-dollar company
The View from Here
Trump’s dismantling of the Justice Department’s anti-corruption units is a going-out-of-business bonanza for dictators, kleptocrats, crooked officials, and organized-crime leaders
The View from Here
Trump’s model of political leadership? A cigar-chomping, baseball-bat-swinging, mobbed-up Brooklyn boss
The View from Here
By towing the crypto line—and cashing in himself—Donald Trump has inadvertently revealed the industry’s true face. And it’s not pretty
The View from Here
Disenchantment with D.E.I. was a boon for Trump. But will his crusade against wokeness repel recent MAGA converts?
Red Between the Lines
There are no official censorship laws in Russia—but that doesn’t stop writers from being ostracized, fined, or arrested
The View from Here
Who could have foreseen the destruction wrought by the wildfires in Los Angeles? Benjamin Franklin, for one
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An architect who lost his Malibu masterpiece in the 2018 Woolsey Fire wants Los Angeles to rebuild, but in a radically new way
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Trying out for the Actors Studio was a trial by fire. But holding screen tests for porn films was no breeze, either
The Attention Whore of the Year Awards
Elon? Tucker? Joe? Whom did you choose as the biggest braggart and blowhard of 2024?
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 View from Here
Rich Cohen had always felt ambivalent about his name—until he attended a convention of Richard Cohens
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 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 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?
The View from Here
The biggest threats to Trump’s agenda won’t be elements of the opposition. They will be his own character—and fate
The View from Here
There is a lot at stake this Election Day—not least the legacy of the baby-boom generation
The View from Here
In 1999, fighting globalization was a cause of true-blue lefties. Twenty-five short years later, it’s become a rallying cry for the red-hatted right
The View from Here
Pop stars are now held to the highest moral standards, while politicians are increasingly out of control
The View from Here
Moscow is fighting one war in Ukraine and another one within
The View from Here
When Saudi Arabia bought a storied English soccer team, its fortunes on the pitch were transformed. But at what cost to its soul?
