Algo killed the new-media star
Byron Allen, the former standup comedian and small-scale media mogul who took over Stephen Colbert’s late-night slot on CBS this month, will pay $120 million for a controlling stake in…
The twilight of the intellectual dark web
Once upon a time, Jordan Peterson was seen as something like the Galileo of anti-wokeness. No longer. Following a highly publicized struggle with benzodiazepine addiction, requiring extended treatment overseas, the…
Inside the capture of the BBC
In his 13 years as a senior BBC editor, Rob Burley saw the Corporation’s defining commitment to impartiality undermined by transgender ideology, a blind commitment to diversity and inclusion schemes,…
The end of Japanese pacifism
President Donald Trump’s aides will no doubt be delighted that his recent visit to China went off without drama or controversy. In Taiwan, however, there have been concerns. “We talked…
How Trump and the neocons beat Thomas Massie
Rep. Thomas Massie’s decisive loss in a Kentucky Republican primary is proof that President Trump still dominates the Republican Party. It will be his party until he is no longer…
Is this the end of Hezbollah?
Seven. That’s how many times Israel has invaded Lebanon since 1978, yet this latest incursion could prove the most momentous of all. Unlike previous assaults, changes inside Lebanon itself mean…
Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot
Last month, as Australia commemorated Anzac Day and the disaster at Gallipoli, a very modern tragedy was unfolding in the country’s Red Center. Kumanjayi Little Baby, a five-year-old Aboriginal girl,…
Can SNL save British comedy?
Donald Trump is no friend to American comedians. When they mock or criticize him, he fires back on social media, reveling in the subsequent downfalls of, for example, Jimmy Kimmel…
On astonishment and angels
On 28 September 1915, my hero, the Swiss-Scottish author Blaise Cendrars, had his right arm blown off during the Second Battle of Champagne while serving as a corporal in the…
Why Iran is right to be paranoid
For the spiritual head of a militant theocracy, Ali Khamenei was a remarkably prolific poster on social media. At the start of February, as pressure from Washington started to build,…