Tell me what you think about Lee Harvey Oswald, and I’ll tell you how you vote. Every year since 1963, Gallup has polled Americans on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the weeks after Kennedy’s killing, less than 30 percent of Americans believed that Oswald acted alone and 52 percent believed that “others
In a season five episode of the estimable sitcom 30 Rock, itself based on the goings-on of a network television show closely modeled on Saturday Night Live, the writer and producer Aaron Sorkin makes a cameo as himself. Introduced to Tina Fey’s ever-acerbic head writer Liz Lemon, Sorkin demands they execute his signature walk-and-talk power
Next week, an ever-smaller audience will tune into the Oscars to watch the Hollywood elite congratulate themselves on their bravery for sharing the opinion that Donald Trump is a bad man. Hollywood’s ironclad embrace of the Democratic Party line is nothing new—it is evident in Best Picture nominee A Complete Unknown. The film pretends that
Beyond headlines about the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and the Biden administration’s failure to prevent them, the Indian Ocean and its inlets garner little U.S. media attention. Off the coast of East Africa, however, another battle is brewing—one that pits the United States against the Chinese Communist Party. The Indian Ocean sits between
GW also ordered to conduct review of former psych professor Lara Sheehi’s infamous social media posts Lara Sheehi (Twitter) A federal civil rights investigation uncovered evidence that the George Washington University faculty retaliated against Jewish students based on “shared ancestry-related advocacy” by placing them in a remediation program after the students lodged an anti-Semitism complaint
MUSCAT, Oman—The winter is lovely in Oman. For centuries, this sultanate at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula has been a meeting point for the Middle East and the rest of Asia (its cuisine reflects this rich history). It signed its first treaty with the United States early in Andrew Jackson’s second term. Jackson
Bass said fire chief Kristin Crowley failed to deploy firefighters before flames erupted L: Karen Bass (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) R: LAFD former chief Kristin Crowley (Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MAKERS) Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (D.) on Friday terminated city fire chief Kristin Crowley, whom she accused earlier this week of failing to warn her