Tag Archives: June 2026

THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2026

Primary Races Are Close in California, With Many Votes Still to Count

In the governor’s race, a Trump-endorsed Republican held a narrow lead. In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass advanced, but her opponent was yet to be decided.

A Trump Endorsement Falls Flat: 4 Election Takeaways From Iowa and Beyond

President Trump’s pick for governor of Iowa lost his primary, while Democrats in the state chose a nominee for what they hope will be a competitive Senate race.

Kuwait Says Iranian Attack Has Damaged Its Main Airport

The U.S. and Iran accused each other of launching new strikes. President Trump told The New York Post that Iran’s supreme leader was involved in peace talks.

War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump

Over the past two decades, Iran repeatedly threatened to close down the waterway. President Trump underestimated Iran’s ability to do so.

Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg on First Day of a Marquee Putin Event

As an annual economic conference was set to begin, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had targeted a navy base and an oil terminal in the region that includes Russia’s second-largest city.

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS – JUNE 25, 2026

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features Fintan O’Toole on The Emptiness of Greatness….

Gulliver’s Warning

Like Gulliver in Lilliput, “greatness” in the political realm depends on the existence of a group deemed puny or weak.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Pulling Back From Threat to Beirut

Under pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel held off from attacking Beirut. But he vowed to continue Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah, which could threaten peace talks with Iran.

Russia Is Showing Signs of Weakness in Ukraine. So It Hits Harder.

The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way recently, with battleground losses and mounting casualties. With renewed strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

After an Agonizing Week of Threats, Kyiv Is Finally Bombarded by Russia

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

Doctors in the U.S. are encountering more children with bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

California Heads to the Polls Amid a Turbulent Primary Season

The race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom has been unpredictable for months. In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass is trying to fend off two challengers.

APOLLO MAGAZINE ———- JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

June 2026 - Apollo Magazine

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Hare Style’ – Vienna’s Albertina at 250…

LITERARY REVIEW MAGAZINE – JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

LITERARY REVIEW : The latest issue features Peter Moore on George Forster * Anne Perkins on the Balfour family * William Whyte on British dons * Ian Thomson on the fall of the USSR * Joe Moshenska on Spinoza * Jeremy Treglown on Juan Carlos of Spain * D J Taylor on Henrietta Moraes * Howard Davies on recession * Martin Vander Weyer on Goldman Sachs * Piers Brendon on disinformation * Richard Vinen on Kissinger * Bettina Bildhauer on medieval health * John Mullan on Emily Brontë* Joseph Hone on Jonathan Swift * Duncan Fallowell on Lady Chatterley * 

The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity

By Andrea Wulf

An exemplary tour of the High Enlightenment might go something like this. You’d begin in the streets of 1760s London to feel the pulse of Georgian commerce. You’d then hop aboard one of Captain Cook’s colliers and cruise through the Pacific, having encounters every day. Returning to Europe you might watch Benjamin Franklin in diplomatic action at Passy and dine with Casanova in Vienna, before sailing up the Rhine with Humboldt. Having inspected the Soho Manufactory in Birmingham and admired the picturesque scenery of the Peak District, you’d cross the Channel just in time for the grand and bloody finale in Paris. 

Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism

By Colin Kidd

Arriving as an undergraduate at Cambridge in 1961, Terry Eagleton was both overawed and underwhelmed by his supervisor, a man he calls Greenway in his memoir. ‘Greenway was the first truly civilised man I had ever encountered,’ Eagleton recalls.

This Dark Night: The Life of Emily Brontë

By Deborah Lutz

We know so little about Emily Brontë. There are just a few snapshots, like the vivid recollection of her sister Charlotte’s great friend Ellen Nussey: ‘Her extreme reserve seemed impenetrable, yet she was intensely loveable … one of her rare expressive looks was something to remember through life, there was such a depth of soul and feeling..

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JUNE 8, 2026 PREVIEW

The cover of the June 8 2026 Fiction Issue of The New Yorker on which there is a cutaway view of a library filled with...

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features ‘Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “The Secret Life of Books” – A living library. By Françoise Mouly

Maggie O’Farrell and the Art of Inventing the Past

Why read historical fiction? A new novel by the author of “Hamnet” offers one answer: because it’s fun. By Katy Waldman

Why the American Novel Refused to Grow Up

For the critic Leslie Fiedler, the country’s best and worst fiction was shaped by visions of escape from society—and therefore from maturity. By Becca Rothfeld

The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino

FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him? By Sam Knight

THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026

U.S. Military Says Iran Targeted American Forces in Kuwait

The U.S. military intercepted two Iranian missiles early Monday and no American personnel were harmed, Central Command said. The attacks threatened to further complicate talks to end the war.

How Lebanon’s Best Chance to Disarm Hezbollah Failed

Lebanon’s government has long wanted the powerful militia to give up its weapons. Before the Iran war began, there were signs of progress toward that goal.

Are Texans Ready for Talarico’s Kind of Christianity?

Jim Rigby, who does not much care for the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas.

He Was the Muscle Behind Zelensky. Now He’s Crowdfunding Bail Money.

Volodymyr Zelensky’s onetime right-hand man is accused of embezzling millions of dollars and consulting a fortuneteller on political decisions.

BARRON’S MAGAZINE ———- JUNE 1, 2026 PREVIEW

Barron's | Financial and Investment News

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Chip Stars’ – The rally for chip makers will eventually end. Five stocks will be left standing.

The Chip Rally Has Gone Parabolic. It’s Time to Separate the Pillars From the Pretenders.

A furious rally for chip stocks has raised fears of a new bubble. If and when the party ends, five stocks will be left standing. They all remain undervalued.

Walmart and 5 More Consumer Stocks to Buy After a Solid Retail Earnings Season

Walmart and Target are among the retailers that should be capable of finding their niche in an ever-shifting consumer landscape. 

Private Credit Really Is More Than Loans to Leveraged Buyouts

Investors are worried about loans that private-credit funds have made to fund buyouts, but the funds do a lot more than that.

How AI Could Kill Charles Schwab and the Brokerage Industry’s Cash Cow

Shares of Charles Schwab and other firms have swooned on concerns that AI tools could erode the profit they derive from cash that clients hold in so-called sweep accounts.

If It Walks Like a Bubble and Quacks Like a Bubble, Then It’s Probably a Bubble

When looking at the stock market right now, the increasingly obvious question is to paraphrase that catchy 1940s tune: “Is you is, or is you ain’t, in a bubble?”

Indisputably, there are signs—some of which hark back to the dot-com era—that it is. For instance, take a gander at this not-so-little equation: $1.75 trillion divided by $18.674 billion equals 93.71 times.

That’s the expected midrange market capitalization of SpaceX’s initial public offering ($1.75 trillion), divided by the company’s 2025 revenue ($18.674 billion), with the quotient of 93.71 being SpaceX’s price-to-sales ratio. Which is ridiculous. (The S&P 500 index’s ratio is just 3.38—and that’s with stocks at record highs.)

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JUNE 1, 2026 PREVIEW

A visual tribute to some of the greatest Knicks players of all time.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features ‘Mark Ulriksen’s “Kings of New York” – A historic season for the Knicks.

How Prepared Are We for a Public-Health Emergency?

The outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of America’s retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader. By Dhruv Khullar

The Trump-Epstein Files: Look but Don’t Touch

The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, in Tribeca, housed three and a half million bound files, along with a handy time line charting the ickiness. By Charlotte Goddu

How Problematic Is Patriotism?

National pride in America has plummeted in the Trump era. Is it worth trying to salvage? By Arthur Krystal

FREE INQUIRY JOURNAL – JUNE/JULY 2026 PREVIEW

In This Issue June/July 2026 | Free Inquiry

FREE INQUIRY JOURNAL: The latest issue features ‘The U.S.’ – Where It’s Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go….

Medieval Christendom? Are They Serious?

Marian TupySteven Pinker

Would we be better off living in the Middle Ages? Astonishingly, influential voices on the American intellectual Right now seem to think so. Rather than affirming the Enlightenment ideals that inspired this country’s founding—reason, rights, markets, liberal democracy, and church–state separation—they are longing for, of all things, rule from the throne and altar. Last October …

The ‘Wall of Separation’ Needs a Good Patch Job!

Robert Louis Semes

On the 200th anniversary of his death on July 4, 1826, and the 250th anniversary of his Declaration of Independence, we need Thomas Jefferson now more than ever. We especially need his progressive views on the severance of church from state by a “wall of separation.” We in the United States live in troubling times …

Secular Approaches to Moral Education: Building Character without Commandments

Steve Grumette

The question confronting American educators today is not whether we should teach ethics to children—virtually everyone agrees that moral education is essential. The question is how we should teach ethics in an increasingly diverse society where traditional religious approaches no longer work for everyone. I believe we need to fundamentally rethink our approach to moral …