Many female athletes are breathing a sigh of relief over recent events. First, the independent international Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer, is not eligible to compete in women’s World Aquatics events, and thus would also not be eligible to compete in the Paris Olympics in women’s swimming events. […]
Donald Trump is on trial in NY in relation to a hush-money payment to a porn star. Despite his wife Melania Trump‘s absence, various GOP elites have shown their support in court. They include: Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Johnson, Rick Scott, J.D. Vance, Eric Trump and Lara Trump. Former President Donald Trump has still not had the courtroom […]
RYE, New Hampshire—If Nikki Haley is going to happen anywhere in today’s New Hampshire primary, it’s going to be here. This tony little town on the northern end of New Hampshire’s narrow Seacoast has the highest median income ($171,728 per family) in the wealthiest county in the state. Almost two-thirds of Rye’s residents have college […]
I met Gabriel Metcalf, the urban planner hired to design a new California city backed by tech billionaires, while we were mincing garlic and herbs at Burning Man. The New York Times had just blown open the mystery of who was secretly buying up more than 50,000 acres of farmland in Solano county, about 50 […]
The nightlife of Russia’s elite has long been famously rakish but a recent party crossed an invisible line and provoked a public scandal. One pop star ended up in jail and several others issued public apologies while an ensuing lawsuit demanded a fortune in reparations. The scandal erupted after TV presenter and actress Anastasia Ivleeva […]
Washingtonians know how success is measured. Walk into their offices, and you’ll see its artifacts hanging on their walls: photographs of handshakes with senators, gifts from prominent constituents or lobbying clients, and framed newspaper clippings with their names in them. That used to be Arthur Brooks, the longtime head of the American Enterprise Institute. In […]