The greatest privilege.

Today is a day lots of otherwise smart adults will fail the “multiple things can be true at the same time” test.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 🥹

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La literatura del siglo XX no puede entenderse sin la voz valiente y única de Mario Vargas Llosa, novelista excepcional, intelectual liberal. Amigo y colaborador de Letras Libres desde el inicio, nuestra historia tampoco se entiende sin él. Lo despedimos con tristeza y

CARLOS II, PRINCE OF CLAY 👑 #RolandGarros

Orientalism, Spanish edition. UK/US editors instructions to Madrid correspondents: unless it’s Franco, football, or bullfighting, don’t bother. Left: El País front page on a major corruption scandal threatening Sánchez and the government. Right: The Guardian cover right now.

31 years ago today.

25 years ago, Coldplay released 'Yellow'

It’s July 15 today.

the worst part about being self-made is having to learn tennis at 30 instead of 8

🎧 NOW PLAYING: Taylor Swift - Wi$h Li$t (2025)

Spain is the only country on Earth whose national day commemorates the discovery and conquest of a foreign land. (Australia Day, the other country in purple on the map, marks the arrival of English colonizers on their own territory.)

María Corina Machado’s Plan for Freedom / by Tunku Varadarajan, in which I interview the Nobel Laureate for Peace. wsj.com/opinion/maria-… via Wall Street Journal Opinion

My wife is content to continue her normal hobbies right now and doesn’t need frequent updates on The Situation, which I have been dutifully monitoring. Help! Who am I supposed to give briefings to?