Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Clattering around London with a wheelie suitcase, even a small one, is a faff – when it gets caught on the kerb or when you have to manoeuvre it up the stairs at the train station. Yesterday, I spent the day dragging my case around – from home on to the bus, to a hospital…
I interviewed Jeffrey Tambor on Tuesday, briefly, in a room with some of his fellow Arrested Development cast members, not including his co-star Jessica Walter. But it doesn’t matter what he told me. It doesn’t matter because Tambor said almost the exact same word-for-word statement — presumably crafted with help from publicists, lawyers, or both — that…
Several years ago, Jordan Peterson told me he wanted to buy a church. This was long before he became known as “the most influential public intellectual in the Western world,” as he was described in the pages of the New York Times a few months ago. It was before he was fancied to be a…
Image: Netflix There is a lengthy Q&A in the New York Times with the cast of Arrested Development ahead of the show’s fifth season premiering at the end of May. Because the show still includes Jeffrey Tambor, recently fired from Transparent after sexual harassment allegations, the conversation eventually turns to Tambor’s behavior on the set…
Image: via Getty. “A smart, sweet, quiet boy,” is how the family of Dimitrios Pagourtzis described him shortly after the 17-year-old killed 10 classmates and injured 13 more at Santa Fe High School in Texas. The family’s insistence that their son is a sweet, quiet boy seemed oblivious to the abundance of evidence otherwise but,…
Players from the Miami Dolphins protest during the national anthem before an NFL game against the Carolina Panthers, November 13, 2017. (AP Photo / Bob Leverone) In what has to rank among the worst ideas in the history of the National Football League—alongside decisions to cover up concussion research and ignore the issue of violence…
Most Americans probably don’t know his name, but we sure do live in his world. Roger Ailes — who died a year ago this week — co-created Fox News and fostered the presidency of Donald Trump. His hugely successful media empire billed itself as “fair and balanced” even though it was, by design, a place…
Gina Haspel, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, at her confirmation hearing.CreditZach Gibson/Getty Images On Thursday, Gina Haspel, President Trump’s choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, was confirmed by the Senate, making her the first woman in that position. That same day, Fox News announced that Suzanne Scott would be the company’s…
TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there’s no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged. Look back to the 1950s, he says — and back even further. He tells his audiences that they are smart. He is bringing them knowledge, yes, but…
Image: via AP. The Trump administration is expected to announce the implementation of a domestic gag rule on Friday, the New York Times reports. The domestic gag rule, which has been a top priority for anti-abortion conservatives in the administration, would prevent reproductive healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood from accessing Title X funds if they…