Curzio Malaparte was the Ernst Jünger of the Italians. They were born three years apart, Jünger in 1895 and Malaparte in 1898, and the outlines of their biographies are oddly similar. The son of a bourgeois businessman becomes the soldier who fights with honor in World War I. He returns from the trenches as a
Homestand is a book about baseball, and the author is a Mets fan. Thus, Homestand is a book about loss. It’s not only about loss, of course, and the Mets are only in the background. The 2022 Batavia Muckdogs, the centerpiece of Homestand, win most of their games, including an exciting playoff run. And Homestand
Communications lecturer Dwayne Booth kept teaching at Ivy League school after he published blood libel cartoon (asc.upenn.edu; Dwayne Booth cartoon) The University of Pennsylvania has laid off its communications lecturer—who published a slew of anti-Semitic cartoons—just a year after standing by him, citing the school’s “bedrock commitment to open expression.” The dismissal coincided with the
A white flag over Morningside Heights: Columbia University is still a long way away from restoring its financial relationship with the federal government. But it agreed to a series of demands on Friday that the Trump administration set forward as “preconditions” for long-term talks on the restoration of more than $430 million in federal funds.
JERUSALEM—When Israel’s defense minister on Friday threatened to take the Gaza Strip from Hamas piece by piece, he was not just sabre-rattling. Rather, Israel Katz was describing a war plan that already appeared to be underway. Amid airstrikes across Gaza starting early Tuesday, Israeli ground forces on Wednesday retook much of the Netzarim Corridor in
After more than two weeks of fruitless negotiations for further hostage releases, Israel’s patience ran out. On Tuesday, the Israeli military bombarded Hamas leaders and positions in Gaza, and ground forces soon reentered the Hamas-ruled enclave. Renewed fighting caused consternation for many. The remaining hostages’ friends and family fear for the safety of their loved
REVIEW: ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 8 A shot from “Love is Blind” Season 8 trailer (Netflix/YouTube) For those outside the Beltway, one might assume dating is a less political enterprise. Rather than meeting potential spouses at think tank happy hours, debate societies, or on the campaign trail—couples most commonly meet at school or work. The