HUFFPOST - Trump Furiously Backpedals On 1 Of His Central 'Vandalism' Claims
The president admitted he doesn’t have the evidence he once promised.
NYTIMES (Jason Horowitz) - He Transformed His Spanish Hometown. Did He Also Spoil It?
Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul.
NYTIMES (Zunaira Saieed) - Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still on TikTok
Officials told platforms to verify children’s ages using government-issued documents, like identity cards. But the companies have balked, apparently over privacy concerns.
NYTIMES (Nazaneen Ghaffar) - Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.
High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
NYTIMES (Elian Peltier, Zia ur-Rehman and Asim Hafeez) - Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan
The traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs, so Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (William S. Lind) - Turn Back
It is not time for conservation, but for restoration. The post Turn Back appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Turn Back It is not time for conservation, but for restoration. “Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways,” begins an old Episcopal hymn, from the time before that church became a Vestals cult. Conservatives know our country is declining at an ever-increasing pace. But many seem not to understand how to reverse that decline: turn back to what worked in the past. Common sense should tell us what worked then can work now. Elections provide an example. President Donald Trump has made the electoral process an issue, for good reason. Electronic voting, with everything else electronic, is subject to endless manipulation,…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Benjamin Schwarz) - Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman
Britain’s late leading playwright existed in the realm of literature, beyond pat political agendas. The post Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman Britain’s late leading playwright existed in the realm of literature, beyond pat political agendas. In the kind of official occasion now vanishingly rare, on July 9 King Charles and Queen Camilla, leading a large slice of the great and the good in British arts and culture, paid tribute to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard at a memorial event at the National Theatre in London. Indeed, the death of Stoppard eight months ago (his funeral in Dorset was a small family affair), has been the most resonant cultural news story in Britain in the past several years for reasons both…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Bill Kauffman) - You Want a Real Commie?
Remembering Vito Marcantonio, before the DSA panic sets in. The post You Want a Real Commie? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics You Want a Real Commie? Remembering Vito Marcantonio, before the DSA panic sets in. Fox World is all a-twitter because a handful of members or fellow travelers of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are about to be elected to the U.S. Congress and various state legislatures. They’re “godless communists,” according to President Trump, and what with inflation, an insane war, and Trump family grift, we’ll be hearing about commies all election season. Michael “The Other America” Harrington, founder of DSA, was about as threatening as the Mills Brothers. The current DSA candidates seem, at first glance, as…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - Britain’s Educational Class Warfare
The British state cannot admit that different children require different schools. The post Britain’s Educational Class Warfare appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Britain’s Educational Class Warfare The British state cannot admit that different children require different schools. UK Special Coverage Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images Of all countries on Earth, the UK should be the easiest one to spell. Fortunate, as the country has a new ed-ju-cay-shun sekrettary, Lucy Powell , who thinks spelling tests are “draconian” attempts to “micro-manage” the minds of children, and that “creativity” in such matters ought to be encouraged instead. If she was ever admitted to hospital needing an operation on her ilium , but came out…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Andrew Day) - Why Is This Highly Respected Commentator Smiling?
A new book surveys the right’s dramatic transformation since 2015. The post Why Is This Highly Respected Commentator Smiling? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Books Why Is This Highly Respected Commentator Smiling? A new book surveys the right’s dramatic transformation since 2015. Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images Whitepill: The Online Right and the Making of Trump’s America by Scott Greer, Passage Publishing, 2026 264 pgs. $34.95 Last month I received an email even more bothersome than the average inbox fodder of a magazine editor. It wasn’t a barely English, 3,000-word cold submission on “the political philosophy of Sydney Sweeney’s subversive sex appeal,” which, come to think of it, would probably do numbers for the website. It was instead about a piece already…Open