America needs new friends in the Middle East

After decades of war, the United States is pivoting away from the Middle East, gearing itself…

Top bitcoin miners launch new group, hope to be influential force in politics

Top bitcoin miners have launched a new nonprofit organization focused on educating and galvanizing voters around…

Bill Maher’s case for mediation in the national divorce

Even though I’m a religious person, I’ve always had a soft spot for a certain kind…

Who are the Tony Awards for?

It may also come as a surprise to the relatives, friends, and roommates whom I’ve forced…

I do tip my cap to Ren Faire

What do you call unscripted TV featuring lunatics — when you’re not calling it “C-SPAN,” that…

As Biden seeks to hold White House against Trump, tech policy battles get litigious

As the Nov. 5 election nears and with former President Donald Trump on the cusp of…

A hit man for all seasons

Director Richard Linklater thrives at documenting the offbeat and odd, and his new movie Hit Man…

Netflix’s nightmarish puppetry mashup, Eric

No one is likely to accuse Netflix’s new limited series Eric of a lack of ambition.…

British voters’ immigration concerns vex Conservative Party trying to hold on to power

NORWICH, United Kingdom — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared a general election to be…

The best music festival in America is in …Spain?

Great live performances reveal things in music that hide within the recorded version: You aren’t washing…

Are airport subsidies a handout to the rich?

Climate activists recently sowed chaos at an airport in Munich, Germany. On May 18, members of…

Will Biden move left on healthcare in a bid to stave off defeat?

During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) vowed, if…

Private equity in healthcare is here to stay

Paul Keckley, author of the highly respected healthcare-focused The Keckley Report, recently asked in his weekly…

The Left comes for Alito: Recusal calls are a ‘coordinated’ campaign against Supreme Court justice

Calls from Democratic lawmakers and left-wing groups for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from key cases over…

The Big Cigar and the bullshistory of the Black Panthers

In late 1977, in the days before he suborned mass suicide in a Guyanese jungle, the…

Reviewed: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

In the Mad Max franchise he established in 1979 and continues to the present day, Australian…

Doomed on the Fourth of July:A reckoning is coming for the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party

London. The next British general election will be held on the Fourth of July. The date…

Morgan Spurlock, 1970-2024

“Somebody find me a carrot stick.” So said millions of moviegoers upon exiting screenings of Super…

Bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill takes flight

On the day that Federal Aviation Administration funding was set to expire, Congress and the White…

Monty Python’s fourth season: The terrible end of the greatest sketch show of all time

When Monty Python is remembered these days, it’s generally for its two seminal films, Holy Grail…