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Me and Mr. Jones
The late ’60s and early ’70s were great years for yours truly. Sporting successes in tennis and karate, a great president in the White House, and some good reporting from Hue for National Review’s William Buckley had given me a career boost. That’s when Bill, a very good friend, decided Paris would be a safer place […]
More Evidence That COVID School Closures Wrecked Student Performance
When COVID-19 shuttered virtually everything in 2020 and forced public schools to begin distance learning, those schools responded with the agility one would expect from a decrepit battleship forced to make a quick change of course in the face of an unexpected enemy. In other words, the state’s hulking K-12 system barely responded at all, […]
No Pseudonymity for Woman Suing Alleging Rape by Sean “Diddy” Combs
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Jessica Clarke (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Combs: Plaintiff alleges that Combs, Pierre and the Third Assailant … gang raped her when she was {17 years old} [and under the influence of drugs and alcohol they supplied] …. The Court recognizes that public disclosure of Doe’s identity could have a significant […]
Joe Biden Should Be Charged With Treason For Refusing To Secure America’s Borders
Almost everyone—including Democrats—knows that Joe Biden and his family are guilty of several acts of criminality, any one of which are impeachable offenses. One thing you can know about criminals: They stick together. Therefore, it is little wonder why America’s criminal-in-chief would have no problem using his immense authority as president to facilitate and even […]
Review: Is Saltburn an Eat-the-Rich Comedy? Not Quite.
Saltburn/Amazon Studios”> After a not-quite accidental encounter, an unassuming Oxford student named Ollie (Barry Keoghan) befriends a popular classmate, the handsome and wealthy Felix (Jacob Elordi). Felix invites Ollie to spend the summer with him at Saltburn, his eccentric family’s opulent mansion in the English countryside. Murder and madness ensue. Critics correctly noted that Amazon […]
Report Finds Rise in Governments Targeting Dissidents Overseas
A Russian defector is assassinated in Spain. The Chinese government offers bounties for dissidents who take refuge in foreign countries. The Canadian government fingers Indian officials for murdering a Sikh activist in British Columbia. What do these incidents have in common? They represent acts of “transnational repression,” a form of authoritarianism that reaches across national […]
Me and Mr. Jones
The late ’60s and early ’70s were great years for yours truly. Sporting successes in tennis and karate, a great president in the White House, and some good reporting from Hue for National Review’s William Buckley had given me a career boost. That’s when Bill, a very good friend, decided Paris would be a safer place […]
More Evidence That COVID School Closures Wrecked Student Performance
When COVID-19 shuttered virtually everything in 2020 and forced public schools to begin distance learning, those schools responded with the agility one would expect from a decrepit battleship forced to make a quick change of course in the face of an unexpected enemy. In other words, the state’s hulking K-12 system barely responded at all, […]
No Pseudonymity for Woman Suing Alleging Rape by Sean “Diddy” Combs
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Jessica Clarke (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Combs: Plaintiff alleges that Combs, Pierre and the Third Assailant … gang raped her when she was {17 years old} [and under the influence of drugs and alcohol they supplied] …. The Court recognizes that public disclosure of Doe’s identity could have a significant […]
Joe Biden Should Be Charged With Treason For Refusing To Secure America’s Borders
Almost everyone—including Democrats—knows that Joe Biden and his family are guilty of several acts of criminality, any one of which are impeachable offenses. One thing you can know about criminals: They stick together. Therefore, it is little wonder why America’s criminal-in-chief would have no problem using his immense authority as president to facilitate and even […]
Review: Is Saltburn an Eat-the-Rich Comedy? Not Quite.
Saltburn/Amazon Studios”> After a not-quite accidental encounter, an unassuming Oxford student named Ollie (Barry Keoghan) befriends a popular classmate, the handsome and wealthy Felix (Jacob Elordi). Felix invites Ollie to spend the summer with him at Saltburn, his eccentric family’s opulent mansion in the English countryside. Murder and madness ensue. Critics correctly noted that Amazon […]
Report Finds Rise in Governments Targeting Dissidents Overseas
A Russian defector is assassinated in Spain. The Chinese government offers bounties for dissidents who take refuge in foreign countries. The Canadian government fingers Indian officials for murdering a Sikh activist in British Columbia. What do these incidents have in common? They represent acts of “transnational repression,” a form of authoritarianism that reaches across national […]