Sarcasm, farce, irony, metaphor, and above all “mocking”. These are the tools of great literature and great writers who give ...

New releases this week include a feminist history of modern Russia, and a candid portrait of Gish Jen's relationship with her ...

Branching plots and dark humor animate “Eye of the Monkey,” set in an unnamed dystopian country. By Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is the author, most recently, of “I Have Some Questions for You,” and ...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted ...

Other peoples have risen. Other peoples have risen up to defend their rights, their dignity, and their democracies. In the past 50 years, they’ve done it in Poland, South Africa, Lebanon, South Korea, ...

Chief Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino unloaded on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday, responding to the Democrat's claim that the Trump administration launched an "unconstitutional invasion" of ...

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I've been pondering this question lately, how do we stop funding the already obscenely wealthy? It's one thing to not buy a Tesla or shop at Target, but you still have to buy cars, clothes and ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, right, with President Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, September 5, 2025, in Washington Credit: Alex Brandon / AP Photo After the attacks of September 11, ...

A crisp fall wind in the air means it’s almost time for the National Book Awards, and this year's finalist list is here. Twenty-five finalists, announced Oct. 7, will vie for the prize in fiction, ...

Rob Reiner, the film director and political activist, in a Sunday appearance on MSNBC warned the nation is sliding into autocracy under President Trump. “We have a year before this country becomes a ...

Actor and director Rob Reiner claimed the United States has only one year before tuning into a “full-on autocracy,” suggesting on MSNBC’s “Velshi” Sunday that President Donald Trump will attempt to ...