admin The Fear Driving “Well, I’ll Let You Go” and “Othello”
Emily Nussbaum observes that a new Off Broadway play and Shakespeare’s tragedy both hinge on a universal anxiety: How well…
Clarence Thomas Against Progressivism—and Progressives
Ruth Marcus on Clarence Thomas’s recent speech, at the University of Texas, on the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of…
The Missing Bride of Anqoun
Rania Abouzeid on a family’s devastation after an Israeli air strike destroyed an apartment building in Beirut, purportedly aimed at…
A Booming Shadow Market of Sketchy A.I. Investments
As OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s valuations soar, Silicon Valley outsiders are rushing to secure a small slice however they can. Kyle…
A Republican Bloodbath in the Texas Senate Primary Is Giving Democrats Hope
Rachel Monroe writes that Senator John Cornyn is battling the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, and that James Talarico, the…
Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost
Gideon Lewis-Kraus on the trial of Musk v. Altman, in which the billionaire entrepreneur sought to unravel the for-profit transformation…
Your Personality, According to Your Sleeping Position
Nicole Rose Whitaker humorously riffs on what a someone’s preferred sleeping position says about their personality.
Brandy (a Fine Girl) in Couples Therapy
Brian Braiker riffs on the classic-rock song “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” by Looking Glass.
Place-Names from a Newly Donny-fied World
Jay Martel, Bruce Handy, and Ali Fitzgerald satirically rename places in Trumpian fashion.
Realistic High-School-Yearbook Inscriptions
Shouts & Murmurs by Jason Roeder and Mike Sacks: “You will read this once this afternoon and not again until…