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The Week That Perished

The Week’s Dinkiest, Stinkiest, and Kinkiest Headlines DONALD TRUMP’S MEXICAN...

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Politics

Trolls and True Believers

Trolls and True Believers

I’ll just come right out and say it—in my column two weeks ago, in which I...

Issue of the Century

Puerto Rico: All Banana, No Republic

Puerto Rico: All Banana, No Republic

Puerto Rico is being allowed to fall apart in order to rig American presidential...

Shaidle Unchained

A Faulty Cloaking Device

A Faulty Cloaking Device

It’s hijab vu all over again. Each “new” Muslim regalia hoo-ha—this week,...

International Affairs

Syria: Their War, Not Ours

Syria: Their War, Not Ours

The debacle that is U.S. Syria policy is today on naked display. NATO ally Turkey...

Alternative Right

Getting the Alt-Right Wrong

Getting the Alt-Right Wrong

Last Thursday in Reno, presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton took a brief break...

Elections

Trump Did Not Flip-Flop on Immigration

Trump Did Not Flip-Flop on Immigration

Remember last week when Trump tanked his campaign by flip-flopping on immigration?...

News

The Week That Perished

The Week That Perished

The Week’s Most Seductive, Instructive, and Counterproductive Headlines NIGEL...

Deep Thoughts

The Daily Special Olympics

The Daily Special Olympics

Although France is on the same downward slide as Britain, you can tell that it has...

Joe Bob's America

Muzzled!

Muzzled!

SAN GABRIEL, Calif.—Only two athletes in history have won medals in six consecutive...

Sports

A Silent Boo for the Good Professor

A Silent Boo for the Good Professor

Sociologists often talk or write nonsense. Sometimes they dress up the bleeding...

Sports

Losing Games

Losing Games

In the summer of 1992 BC (before Clinton) I was cruising in Greece with William F....

The Untold Story

L.A.’s Dirty Little Brown Secret

L.A.’s Dirty Little Brown Secret

Consider it one of this summer’s most underreported stories. In what’s described...