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Donald Trump hasn’t filled his Cabinet yet, but evidence suggests he’s looking for two main attributes in his picks: loyalty...

In his 2023 Netflix comedy special, Selective Outrage, Chris Rock identified one of the core contradictions of the social-justice era:...

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Why is a regular guy attracted to a billionaire candidate? It’s simple: Because the candidate can play to people’s fantasies....

Nick Cave, one of the most physically expressive figures in rock and roll, was looking at me with suspicion. His...

Early in the film Emilia Pérez, a lawyer named Rita (Zoe Saldaña) is kidnapped and stuffed inside a van, with...

A month after his election in 2016, Donald Trump chose Andrew Puzder, a longtime fast-food-company CEO, to be his secretary...

Although the plight of America’s 2.2 million federal bureaucrats seldom elicits public sympathy, spare a charitable thought for their future....

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Bluesky, a Twitter-style, short-post social-media site, has exploded in popularity since last week, adding 1 million users in just that...