opinion
THIS IS AMERICA
The corporate behemoth is heavy-handed and hypocritical, but the former “Mandalorian” actress doesn’t have a First Amendment right to a private sector job.
Nicholas Sheppard is a freelance journalist and author of the novels Broken Play and How to Disappear Completely.
opinion
BRING BACK DEATH!
There are no emotional stakes for the audience if a character can get chopped in half, and then reappear later without explanation.
opinion
RESILIENT ROGUES
From Erdogan to Netanyahu to Trump—this year has shown you can’t keep a populist authoritarian head of government down for long.
opinion
MAPS OF MEH
The clinical psychologist and self-help guru was briefly an interesting and important public intellectual. Now he’s just a predictable and dull internet crank.
HAZY HISTORY
George Washington’s rotting teeth and the gold-and-ivory dentures that replaced them caused enormous pain, which some believe he alleviated with weed.