Books and Culture
All the President's Enablers Three books on Joe Biden’s presidency jointly paint a devasting portrait of an ailing, geriatric leader surrounded by mendacious aides and grasping family members.
Angela Merkel's Ashes Review of Freedom by Angela Merkel
Eligible Bachelors A review of SOME MEN IN LONDON: QUEER LIFE, VOLUMES 1 AND 2 by Peter Parker
Character Studies
The ‘Gay’ Attacks on Lindsey Graham Are All About Politics We may never know about the late senator’s sexuality. But those who question it do so to punish him for his hawkish and conservative views.
Barney Frank's Second Coming Out In his final act, the liberal stalwart wants to save his party from ideologues.
Dispatches
California Dreaming If fame determines status in Los Angeles, power is the social currency in Washington
Have We Finally Reached Peak Pride? Gay pride has been very much on my mind lately
Essays
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Decadent and Depraved The point of the dinner is to mingle journalists with stars. There’s no noble mission there for Trump to denigrate.
The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ is Making Gay Kids Trans Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
Beware of Russians Offering "Peace" It isn’t just the absence of war.
Reporting
The DSA is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party
What Happens Where Free Speech Is Unprotected The case of a maverick polemicist who will go on trial in Germany for using a Nazi symbol is a timely reminder of the liberty we should cherish.
Origin Story How a self-published investigation into the possibility of a “lab leak” upended groupthink about the coronavirus