A TV Show That’s Equal Parts Joy and Torture

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The Anti-Populist

Source: YouTube Summary In 1876, as corruption scandals shook the Ulysses S. Grant administration, the poet, diplomat, and founding Atlantic editor James Russell Lowell wondered where the American experiment was…

The Beauty of a Stone Wall

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” Robert Frost wrote in the famous opening line of his 1914 poem “Mending Wall.” That something sends the “frozen-ground-swell” of winter that…

Two More Americans Dead in the Iran War

Source: YouTube Summary Two more Americans have given their lives in the service of their country. They died in an Iranian attack on a Jordanian air base; several more U.S.…

Movies and the Attention Span

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What Trump’s Speech Could Mean For Future Elections

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How to Watch Lionel Messi

Source: YouTube Summary Lionel Messi on the soccer field takes the short, trotty steps of a dachshund in the park. Such diminutive, mincy movements are part of his mystique: He…

Who Is Dua Lipa’s Banned-Books Library Actually For?

The pop star Dua Lipa is known for her dance-floor hits, for her turn as a mermaid in Barbie, for always seeming to be on vacation. Lately, though, she’s cultivated…

The U.S. is Blowing Billions on the Wrong Weapons

In the interwar period, some military officers did not believe the combustion-engine vehicle would replace the horse for combat operations. Cavalry officers from around the world, including the United States…

Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Biggest Advantage

The AI boom has showered some of the nation’s most prominent companies in market value. OpenAI and Anthropic are now the two most valuable private companies in the world. Google,…