Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia has been entirely dependent on Russian support
The Vice President and the politics of solipsism
We keep hearing about the end of California. The cost of living, the homelessness, the public schools, the shoddy roads and bridges have prompted a decades-long exodus that has accelerated dramatically in the Age of the Pandemic. The progressive canard — but everyone wants to be here! — is a canard, and it’s being used to…
Two House Representatives want channels they don’t like taken off air
There’s no way a man with her track record would ever be nominated for the Biden cabinet
You have to listen to the science even when the science is telling you stuff you already know
The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister: A Memoir, Part One by Samantha Markle reviewed
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion reviewed
Pelé reviewed
Gates never once uttered the words ‘genocide’, ‘extermination’ or even ‘ethnic cleansing’ to describe Ottoman atrocities
If the stars of the generation then passing burned less brightly in the firmament, well, then it was up to me to illuminate them
I have a lot to learn from my experiment in skating, beyond just spins and jumps
Politicians and the mainstream media in Europe have done their best to downplay the post-2015 wave of harassment or assault
Samuel Johnson was full of admiration for the Learned Pig
All men have to do on Bumble is swipe away, sit back and watch the cute messages roll in
I discovered a new game to pass the time I spend not-drinking the closet wine, called ‘Is it COVID or is it mild alcohol withdrawal?’
It’s Lent again, and you know what that means: time for Christians to give up their favorite indulgences for 40 days in the spirit of penance and/or the hope of weight loss. I confess that in pandemic times, bagels and brownies have taken a backseat to booze as my preferred guilty pleasure. So I’m doing…
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