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Ultimately, the Salahis’ intentions—while disturbing—proved harmless, and it is fortunate that their silly antics exposed security flaws without threatening the president’s safety. In essence, the gatecrashers prevented anyone with more sinister plans from taking advantage of loopholes. Now, the...
Much of the world was shocked and titillated by news of alleged fat-stealing murderers in the Peruvian jungle. But the story may have a much more sinister underbelly. Could the allegation of homicidal liposuction possibly be a smokescreen to distract attention from other crimes, including, some local journalists say...
Ditto the Katie Couric interview--which Palin, to her credit, admits was a bust. (Note to future candidates: never assume a network-news interview will be "lighthearted" and "fun.") But it turns out your impressions of her from Couric are probably mistaken too. Did it seem that, when Couric asked...
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and Nov. 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the landmark work in which Darwin laid forth his theory of natural selection. While celebrations have emphasized the British naturalist's giant...
This hallucinatory hermeticism makes for an ambitious, sinister narrative, but often a disjointed and pretentious one. If it's not always clear what's dream and what's reality in the Village, it's also not always clear what's complexity and what's affectation in The Prisoner. And it...