The President-elect’s brand of America First isolationism has always sat awkwardly with his Napoleonic tendencies.

Since reading isn’t our strong suit, let’s skip talking about the book that was recommended by a hot movie star and just eat ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on ...

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, ...

The talk-show host Yinon Magal is at the center of a campaign to protect the Prime Minister and destroy the opposition.

When prehistoric predators abounded, the ability to perceive harm helped our ancestors survive. Some researchers wonder ...

A nationwide movement has funnelled taxpayer money to private institutions, eroding the separation between church and state.

POLE APART. In Grand Junction, Colo., a shiny new police car drove into a municipal parking lot on a routine assignment, ...

When the improvised weapons that (apocryphally) spurred the gay-liberation movement were discarded during a renovation, Kurt ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

The author surveys school book reports and some fan mail, from M. Night Shyamalan, in her archives, which she recently sold ...

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