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Two Christians Made a Show about Jews. It’s Phenomenal.
'House of David' is a beautiful corrective to a lie that’s seeped into American culture: that Christians see Jews as enemies.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
The Luxurious Death Rattle of the Great American Magazine
In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd.
Joe Nocera
The Perils of the Situationship
A 23-year-old straight guy messaged a bunch of women on Snapchat who all found out about each other, and now they’re acting like they’re in the First…
River Page
The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
The media loves hyping the annual study, but its methodology doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Yascha Mounk
Inside the Cult of Luigi Mangione
A Columbia grad, a cashier from Utah, and a Lockheed Martin engineer have one thing in common: They believe the alleged killer is a progressive American…
Olivia Reingold
Luigi Mangione and the History of Bourgeois Terrorism
The alleged CEO assassin is not the first elite to break rad. The notorious Ulrike Meinhof also took the plunge from protest to resistance.
Eli Lake
He Helped Michael Jordan Win—and He Can Help You, Too
To be truly great, writes George Raveling, don’t focus on the glory. Focus on the drudgery.
George Raveling
What I Discovered Deep in the Canyons
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.
A.M. Hickman
Right Young Things: A Night Out with the MAGA Kids
I went to the Trump Tower party for young, single conservatives. Here’s what I overheard.
Maya Sulkin
Christopher Rufo: The Antisemitic Influencer Problem
The right should reject these poisonous ideas and their merchants.
Christopher F. Rufo
Tina Brown: Meghan Markle’s Buzzkill
Five years after Megxit, the Sussexes’ life is now all about pretending.
Tina Brown
Lady Gaga and the Mayhem of Modern Music
If you want to hear how playlists, Spotify, and the shuffle function have changed studio albums forever, listen to the pop star’s latest.
River Page
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