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Towering Inferno

Usually, I find the parade of stricken people interviewed during climate calamities blur after a while. Not this time.

6 hrs ago •

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Jan 9 •

In Trump Season Two, deranged masculinity is all the rage.

Jan 7 •

Optical Delusions

Trump has shown again he can distract us from ominous reality with the parade of glitz to which America has become addicted.

Dec 17, 2024 •

Why a rapier-faced assassin’s blatant hit on a CEO is an era-defining crime

Plus, the LA Times’ daft new “bias meter” and Georgie’s unique Christmas list

Dec 10, 2024 •

After flying private a few times with gilded friends, I’m convinced it is the ultimate corrupting force.

Plus, a cabinet only Andy Cohen could love.

Dec 3, 2024 •

As we enter a period of unmitigated crassness in public life, I find myself guiltily dreaming of frivolity and luxury.

Plus Trump and the End of Expertise, and Martha Stewart’s Redemption

Nov 25, 2024 •

Trump’s F-you Flex

Matt Gaetz reminds me of the Tasmanian Devil in Looney Tunes cartoons, his face twisted with opportunism and low intent.

Nov 19, 2024 •

Military Matters and Royal Feuds

William, whatever his abiding resentments toward Harry, should now suck it up and let his father give Harry something to do.

Nov 12, 2024 •

Four More Years

Perhaps we needed a shock jock like Trump to lampoon, distort, and mock insistent liberal pieties with rhetoric so outrageous, so obscene, it would…

Nov 6, 2024 •

Countdown Crazy

And a wild 2000 election night with Harvey and Hillary

Nov 5, 2024 •

Road Rage at MSG

“How the hell does Kamala compete with this?”

Oct 29, 2024 •

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