The beauty queen who terrifies a dictator
Nicaragua’s bizarre autocratic regime gives the impression it’s in total control. So why does Miss Universe pose such a threat?
Argentina may be undertaking the world’s most radical experiment in populism
Javier Milei declared himself ‘king of a lost world’ — and young voters were among his biggest supporters.
The Ukraine war has no end in sight
Both sides are signaling they won’t accept anything short of total victory.
War is a cost of holding on to history too tightly
We often presume that conflict begins over resources or economic interests. But the explanation can be more visceral.
Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91
His voluptuous figures, both in paintings and in sculpture, portrayed the high and mighty as well as everyday people through an enlarging prism.
