Elsbeth review – a tedious spinoff for the Good Wife character who makes you want to smash your TV | Television & radio
noDespite being a devoted fan of The Good Wife, I never felt more alone than when I despised the recurring character, Elsbeth Tacioni (Carrie Preston), the lawyer who would sometimes appear with a mind-bending “eccentricity,” plucking answers out of thin air to win her client’s freedom as if they were mystical puzzles rather than divine […]
Janet Napolitano joining review of Secret Service response to Trump shooting
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday appointed one of his predecessors, Janet Napolitano, to serve on a bipartisan panel of experts conducting a 45-day independent investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The committee will also include two national security officials from the administration of former President George W. Bush, former Homeland […]
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle reacts to independent review of Trump assassination plot
Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, has voiced support for an independent security investigation into a plot last week to assassinate former President Donald Trump. “We look forward to cooperating with the independent security investigation into the U.S. Secret Service’s actions in connection with the attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler […]
National Review editorial board calls on Biden to resign immediately in scathing piece: ‘Next logical step’
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Bullyache’s Who Hurt You? review – a messy self-assured world of glitter and sweat | Dance
a Described as a cross between Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 ballet Manon and Paul Verhoeven’s cult film Showgirls, the show is a must-see for its two tales of women using physical attractiveness as their only currency. Breeche’s Who Hurt You? is not as neat a concept as its description suggests, and is as messy as a […]
Piglets review – this comedy is so weak you wonder why the police bothered to complain about it | Television & radio
IIt’s time for the Police Federation of England and Wales to apply lavender oil to all pulse points, because ITV’s new comedy Piglet has just begun. When the title of the sitcom, which follows six rookie police officers as they enroll at the fictional Norborne Training School, was announced, the federation issued a swift and […]
Fi: A Memoir of My Son by Alexandra Fuller review – to the edge of reason | Autobiography and memoir
aAlexandra Fuller was riding in her pickup truck with her boyfriend, Till, in Wyoming when her cell phone rang. Their relationship was new and tense. Till was young, with “skin like alabaster,” and had problems with addiction, drugs, and self-harm. Alexandra (who everyone called “Bobo”) was still recovering from a breakup and didn’t feel like […]
From National Review to National Conservatism
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes American conservatism has always engaged in identity politics. We are tribal creatures and a nod to our desire for identity and belonging is part of politics. While primal identities such as race or religion can lead to division, when these are sublimated into party and ideology in an attempt to […]
DHS watchdog opens review into Secret Service counter sniper team
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday that it was expanding the Secret Service’s investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. The DHS inspector general will now be investigating overall security as well as the Secret Service’s anti-sniper teams to “determine the extent to which the Secret Service’s anti-sniper teams prepare for […]
Paris ’44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop review – a gripping account of the City of Light’s liberation | History books
aOn Friday, August 25, 1944, the day German forces surrendered control of Paris, amid sunshine and wild celebrations, Charles de Gaulle declared that Paris had “liberated itself” with “the aid and support of the whole of France.” The truth was less noble. De Gaulle sought to personify “the whole of France,” but France had been […]