Through the Opera Glass
July 01, 2025
Peter Gelb’s mismanagement of the Metropolitan Opera.
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Can we stop acting as if all this is normal?
Scientific Methods
June 26, 2025
Does MAGA really want to destroy science?
André Aciman’s Permanent Vacation
June 25, 2025
“Life, he said with a light chuckle. Life indeed.”
The Sufferable Gaucho
June 24, 2025
Literature is sickness.
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
June 20, 2025
Trump threw a big birthday party for himself—oh yeah, and the U.S. Army.
The Prince of War
June 19, 2025
Erik Prince’s best skill is selling himself.
Fast Country
June 18, 2025
Behind every cul-de-sac an undiagnosed, private pain, duct taped by financial desire.
Come One, Come All!
June 18, 2025
Unless, that is, you’re a member of one of the “groups.”
The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete
June 17, 2025
October 7 demolished the last restraints on Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.
Up at Night
It’s life and death, bro.
Slacking Toward Bethlehem
June 12, 2025
John Tottenham’s acerbic debut novel Service hums with an anti-sell out ethos.