ICE Is Testing Trump’s ‘Fifth Avenue’ TheoryWhen Donald Trump ran for president the first time, he famously declared that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
The PGA Tour Should Welcome Prodigal Son Jon Rahm HomeThree years ago, Jon Rahm was on top of the golf world. He had two major championships, a stint as the No. 1-ranked player in the world and star power. LIV, the Saudi-backed upstart challenging the PGA Tour, noticed. It needed a superstar to boost its credibility, and Rahm was the obvious prize. For a deal reportedly worth over $300 million, LIV lured him away.
And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to … the Opposite of TrumpThe world is watching a split screen: In one panel, humanity sees jurists such as Navi Pillay of South Africa, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of struggling for international law, in roles such as high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and president of the tribunal adjudicating the atrocities in Rwanda.
Not Even Tom Cruise Could Save ‘Digger’Continuing a concerning trend for Warner Bros. in 2026, its latest release is buried in a financial hole no film can escape. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger arrived over the weekend and grossed a measly $8 million domestically against a nine-figure production budget, with the Wrap reporting that the movie is expected to lose $250 million — about $100 million more than was previously projected.
How Not to Tame an Out-of-Control WorldA clever interviewer recently asked me which piece of music I would choose to sum up our times. I am afraid I opted for the clichéd answer of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, even though Wagner’s genius did not extend to summing things up. As I left the interview a better answer came to mind.