Culture

A surreal encounter with Gene Simmons

Kiss and tell: I concluded that the terrifying star of glam-rock hated me

Jun 8 •

The world's most unexpected classic car collection

LARRY LUXNER REPORTS: A museum that is a must-see for classic car enthusiasts, among the top five in the world, and weirdly unheralded

Jun 3

A surreal encounter with Ricky Martin

The Puerto Rican superstar, I discovered, could not disappoint a fan.

Jun 1 •

Ending the Tyranny of the Feed

THE WAR ON TRUTH, PART V: Social media is the primary delivery system for lies, radicalization and polarization. Time to hold the algorithms…

May 19 •

Eurovision again proves interesting

The cultural elites, disgusted with Israel, are a) not with the masses and b) mulishly indifferent to the power of a spectacular narrative

May 18 •

A Great Movie Not Yet Made

An architect dreams of eternity but tragedy strikes, his libertine son betrays him and the fashion moves on. His house becomes a mausoleum for memory…

May 12 •

A Surreal Encounter with Sir Galahad the Pure

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50 at precisely the moment when we could use some comedy

May 10 •

Did Maher Really Get PUNKED By Trump?

Bill Maher’s White House dinner became a case study in how charm and restraint can disarm even sharp critics and obscure the real dangers

Apr 25 •

For Cannabis Lovers, ‘420’ is the Holy Grail of License Plate Collecting

LARRY LUXNER REPORTS: Collectors chase the ultimate stoner status symbol

Apr 20

In Praise of Vargas Llosa

He fused the personal and the political, the exhilarating and the everyday, the sordid and the sublime. Who does that anymore? Who even tries?

Apr 14 •

The Great University Unravelling

GLEN O’HARA WRITES: Once engines of progress, Anglo-American institutions of higher learning now seem exhausted, underfunded, and unsure of their…

Mar 27

Davos Man Has Failed

And to prove it, his antithesis, Orange Man, is back in the White House

Jan 25 •

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