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Sometimes a dumb joke is a smart move. Last Saturday, as the city’s art scene was bogged down by eight art fairs, “All About Frank,” a weeklong exhibition, popped up on the second floor of a town house in Little…
In its eight seasons on IFC, “Portlandia” has excelled at rapid characterizations, microscopically observed comedies of manners, and amiable lampoons of everyday anxieties—and never more so than when the show has considered food and drink. The appetite has been, from…
When news reports broke that President Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, reactions in the United States were sharply divided. Some pundits and politicians expressed hope that a summit might defuse the nuclear crisis on…
The magnitude of President Trump’s decision to accept a summit invitation from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un should not be understated. It is bold. It is risky. It might even be the ultimate geopolitical Hail Mary pass of all time. Yet…
The view that America is the indispensable leader in efforts to make a better world has long been so dominant in American foreign policy thinking as to seem axiomatic. Much of the current hostility to the Donald Trump presidency originated…
Democrat Conor Lamb’s triumph over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District made something abundantly clear: The best path to a Democratic House majority runs straight through the Keystone State. That’s what I learned talking…
