South Park has lost the plot
The show has become a shitlib parody of itself
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Thursday
Wednesday
Mamdani, the fraud abroad
The mayor-in-waiting is the latest Democrat to be away from home when tragedy hits
The UK censorship files: Jim Jordan’s crusade against Britain
British officialdom’s zeal for online regulation is setting it on a collision course with a resurgent and energetic US free-speech lobby
Tsunami hits Hawaii and US mainland
The waves have so far proven less serious than originally feared
UNESCO is America’s toxic ex
Trump’s decision to cut ties (again) is for the best
Newsom won’t create abundance
A deregulatory agenda designed to revive the Democratic Party is already floundering
Tuesday
Trump unleashes the evangelists
Federal employees can now try to convert each other at work
Trumpism rules the world
His views are fast becoming the consensus, but people still find obscure reasons to oppose the man himself
What Medhi Hasan should have told the New Right
Rising civic illiteracy demands we learn how to defend the Constitution better
Monday
Eddington, a Greek tragedy in the Wild West
Ari Aster’s new film gives Covid a mythic air
Cambridge University should be ashamed of itself for honoring Angela Davis
She is a former Black Panther and two-time vice-presidential candidate who was prosecuted as a material accessory to murder
Trump has the resolve to defend the West
We are invited to deplore his strong actions on the border. But the overwhelming response is “This is what I voted for”
Princess Diana and Jeffrey Epstein
On the enduring appeal of conspiracies, theoretical and otherwise
Sunday
Did Trump win the US-EU trade negotiations?
It is easy to admire Trump’s negotiating tactics. But that doesn’t mean that the US will end up being the big winner from higher import tariffs
Saturday
Trump drains Foggy Bottom
The insulated elites at State Department don’t represent America
Hulk Hogan, my hero
Hogan helped bring about the defeat of one of my life’s great villains: Gawker Media
Friday
Elites keep making education about themselves
States that reject the federal school-choice program protect teachers unions, not students
Who knows Iran best?
People who’ve endured its evils, not talking heads
Thursday
Just how high did the Russiagate farce go?
The reaction among Republicans on Capitol Hill is one of outright disgust
Behold, the First Lady Melania Trump Opera House
While Cockburn has no quibbles with Melania, this move does bear a whiff of kowtowing to Dear Leader