THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Taki) - The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation
History’s winners take a beating at the movies. The post The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation History’s winners take a beating at the movies. TakiMag (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) My friend Michael Mailer is an extremely talented film director and producer, most recently of Cutman and Little Audrey, the latter a true story about a little girl that created miracles. Michael’s father, the novelist Norman Mailer, taught me how to headbutt, and when I asked him if there was brain damage involved, he looked nonplussed. “Writers have harder heads than normal people,” he said. Be that as it may, Norman was a frustrated movie director. He…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ali Rizk) - Washington Risks Inflaming Sectarian Fears in Lebanon
Recent sanctions will entrench Hezbollah rather than weakening it. The post Washington Risks Inflaming Sectarian Fears in Lebanon appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Washington Risks Inflaming Sectarian Fears in Lebanon Recent sanctions will entrench Hezbollah rather than weakening it. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images) In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration announced a decision to impose sanctions on officials in Lebanon’s military and security apparatus who are accused of aiding Hezbollah. The sanctions targeted a Lebanese Army general and a branch chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces’ Intelligence Directorate, marking the first time an American administration has taken such measures against members of Lebanese state institutions.…Open
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Memorial Day salutes those killed from Lexington Green to Operation Epic Fury | Stars and Stripes
Memorial Day honors Americans who died serving the U.S. over 250 years, from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts.
STRIPES - CENTCOM reports ‘self-defense’ strikes against Iran ahead of peace talks | Stars and Stripes
U.S. forces struck missile targets and mine-laying boats in southern Iran on the same day Donald Trump said peace negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”
NYTIMES (Michael Paulson and Sara Krulwich) - Broadway’s ‘The Lost Boys’ and Its Flying Vampire Spectacle
The Broadway production takes full advantage of the Palace Theater’s abundant height and depth, making the show feel like “a massive trust fall.”
NYTIMES (Hari Kumar and Atul Loke) - Inside India’s Manipur State, Where Violence and Division Are Routine
Three years after riots tore apart Manipur, the state remains in disarray. Barbed wire and armed checkpoints made it difficult for Times reporters to cross, even before the recent clashes.
NYTIMES (Amelia Nierenberg and Sergey Ponomarev) - Iceland, Rattled by Trump’s Greenland Threats, Weighs Joining the E.U.
Iceland has stood apart from the rest of Europe. But President Trump’s threats to Greenland have provoked a reconsideration.
NYTIMES (Hank Shteamer) - Sonny Rollins: 12 Essential Albums
The towering saxophonist, who died at 95, was a master of living in the moment. Listen to some of his most compelling work, onstage and in the studio.
ABCNEWS - Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda 'will get worse before it gets better,' WHO chief warns
The head of the WHO warned on Monday that a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda "will get worse before it gets better."