Photo: Getty Images “There ain’t no sanity clause,” Chico Marx told Groucho. There is also no Santa Claus. And there was no sanity in the Santa fracas that became an embarrassing liberal-media fixation just before Christmas. For those who missed it, what happened was this: A Fox News anchor, Megyn Kelly, came upon a tongue-in-cheek Continue Reading
Peru’s Queen of Quechua Rap Fuses the Transgressive and Traditional
The new music video clip begins with the sweeping sights of the snow-capped Andes Mountains and the whistle of the region’s classic wind devices. Then you see Renata Flores. Standing defiantly in the dishevelled pants, slick ponytail and hoop earrings that have develop into the uniform of hip-hop artists all around the earth, she commences Continue Reading
Chen Guangbiao on His Quest to Buy the New York ‘Times’ — New York Magazine
Photo: Gillian Laub “How many Americans know that I am here in New York right now?” Chen Guangbiao asks, sitting in an armchair between his translator and his publicist in his suite at the Essex House. “How many media outlets have written about me?” An assistant offers him a cup of jasmine tea, which he Continue Reading
Prison Riots in Colombia Over Virus Fears Leave at Least 23 Dead
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — At the very least 23 inmates died in clashes with prison authorities more than the weekend immediately after what prisoners described as protests from officers for not accomplishing plenty of to regulate the unfold of coronavirus. The protests erupted in 13 penitentiaries across Colombia. The lethal clashes were being in La Modelo Continue Reading
Top tips for fantastic lesson preparation
Till lately (2019, to be exact), it was a need that student instructors needed to send in-depth lessons to teachers. Fortunately, this has lastly been changed and have actually gotten rid of the demand for assessors to see private lesson – ιδιαίτερα μαθήματα – plans of student instructors. The business of how comprehensive lesson plans Continue Reading
Ezra Klein on His New Vox Media Venture — New York Magazine
Photo: Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos/New York Magazine On January 24, at five in the morning after his final day at the Washington Post, Ezra Klein awoke in his condo in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood; sent out his final Wonkbook, the daily policy briefing e-mailed to more than 40,000 subscribers; and flew to California to visit UCLA, Continue Reading
What the New York Times’ Noticed and Missed in 1964 — New York Magazime
(Photo: Illustration by Tony Millionaire) January 1: Old Year, New YearEditorial If we look carefully at 1963 for evidence of what it may portend for 1964, one thing we may note is at least a moderate easing of international tension. The most important evidence of this is, of course, the successful negotiation and ratification Continue Reading
Son of Spies Whose Case Inspired ‘The Americans’ Can Become Canadian
MONTREAL — It has all the makings of a Cold War drama: Russian sleeper spies posing as a suburban family in North America, children who say they were oblivious their parents were Russian agents and an elaborate F.B.I. operation unmasking the shadowy ruse. On Thursday, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that the younger son of real-life Continue Reading
One Carnival Cruise Ship Hits Another, Injuring 6
One Carnival cruise ship crashed into another while trying to dock at a port in Mexico on Friday, leaving six injured passengers, a damaged hull and a handful of expletive-laden social media videos in its wake. The crash happened as the Carnival Glory cruise ship was “maneuvering to dock” in Cozumel, an island off the Continue Reading
Legal Marijuana’s Unresolved Issues a Year On
Just over a year has passed since Canada became the first large industrialized nation to legalize recreational marijuana. Here’s the mini version of the article I wrote for The Times about what it has brought the country: tears for investors, frustration for many shoppers and indifference from most of the public, but few of the Continue Reading










