"We Simply Don't Know Who Put This Here," Says Official; Historian Begins Sentence With "Well, After The—" Then Falls Silent
BERLIN—The Bundestag's Budget Committee convened in closed session Thursday to confront a procedural obstacle that has, since approximately last Tuesday, begun to hamper the Federal Republic's ambitious defense modernization efforts. The obstacle—a mandatory review threshold triggered by any military procurement exceeding €25 million—was described by multiple attendees as "a legacy provision of unclear origin" that appears to have materialized from nowhere in particular.
"It is simply there," said Marlene Buchholz-Tröger, Senior Efficiency
...Disclosure Day Soirée: A Passport Crisis in Gucci
by Bradley Snipes
I am currently on hold with the United States State Department. Specifically, the Los Angeles field office, though the woman with the glacial patience keeps telling me I've actually reached the San Francisco office, and I keep telling her, "No, babe, I'm literally looking at the address on my phone—it's West L.A." Meanwhile, I'm standing in a private mansion in the Hollywood Hills, Aperol Spritz in one hand, phone pressed to my ear, oversized Gucci
...I, As a Yale Conservative, Object — And Also Endorse Mandatory Union Representation On Defense Contractor Boards
BYLINE: Tuck Chimes
I want to ask you something. Sit with it. Who does the American military work for?
Does it work for the men and women in uniform? Does it work for the republic —
...BYLINE: Kharla | Fashion Director, IRREVERENT
A Dispatch from the Last Place I Expected to Be, Five Days Before I Return to the Only Place I'm Not Allowed.
I have been in Toronto for eleven days. This is, by any civilized metric, nine days too many. The prosecco at the hotel bar is technically
...BYLINE: Dutch Caulfield | Author, 'Showroom Confessionals' | Special to IRREVERENT
The request came in on a Tuesday, which I remember because Tuesdays were slow and I'd learned to read the showroom like a tide chart. Guy walks in wearing a Patagonia vest, clean New Balance 990s, a Yeti tumbler the size of a
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