What we are reading on September 2, 2026
Saying goodbye to a movie legend and more news from around the web.
Tim Curry obituary
Actor and singer best known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Show and the 1990 Stephen King TV miniseries It
Michael Coveney
Why We Like Things
What Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste.
Celine Nguyen
The Nerd Reich is a New York Times Instant Bestseller
“The Nerd Reich”—an exposé of Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s cult of anti-democracy billionaires—makes NYT bestseller list
Gil Duran
What Is Trump’s U.S. Space Academy?
President Donald Trump has set plans in motion for a first-of-its-kind federal academy dedicated to the future leaders of a new space age.
T. Michelle Murphy
Trump endorses ‘Unhumans’ book in fake communism scare
Donald Trump endorsed the book “Unhumans,” which depicts Democrats and liberals as demons. Desperate strategy as midterms loom
Gil Duran
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