For evidence of a so-called cultural vibe shift, the pendulum swing away from the extreme sensitivity and irrational wokeness of the preceding decade, look no further than Lionel Shriver’s new novel, A Better Life, a blunt but layered—and entertaining—depiction of America’s once-lax immigration policies. First, cast your memory back to the dawn of this decade,
REVIEW: ‘Cromwell’s Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George Downing’ by Dennis Sewell Today, Sir George Downing is remembered, if at all, for the street and row of brick houses in London that bear his name. This happens to be the address of Britain’s prime ministers, the place
Despite favoring sometimes-ghastly subjects, overly calculated lyrics, and eminently unhummable music, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim was something of a conservative when it came to acknowledging his forebears. In Sondheim’s case, that chiefly meant lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who gladly accepted the role of substitute father to the boy then known as Stevie—a comprehensively unhappy child of
That video of congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, grilling college presidents about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated their university policies—and the college presidents responding that it depended on the context—has been viewed more than a billion times, making it what the jacket copy of her new book calls “the most-watched
Swalwell first propositioned the staffer when she was 21 and he was 38, the staffer said. Her allegations prompted some staffers on Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign to resign. Eric Swalwell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) A former staffer for California congressman and gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell accused the Democrat of sexually assaulting her twice while she was intoxicated
Khalil has claimed ‘we couldn’t avoid’ Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and said it’s ‘very racist to ask a Palestinian’ to condemn the terror group Mahmoud Khalil (SXSW/YouTube) April 10, 2026 image/svg+xml The Board of Immigration Appeals denied anti-Israel activist and Columbia University agitator Mahmoud Khalil’s attempt to halt his deportation, issuing a final order of
‘They’re going to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country July 4, but that’s not our celebration,’ Sharpton said Al Sharpton (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) National Action Network founder Al Sharpton said at his group’s annual convention this week, which featured several 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls, that it would be “crazy” for black people to