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Marion McKeone: America’s having a masculinity crisis – or so say its GOP men

Josh Hawley, whose new book is entitled Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, is only the latest in a line of Republican men crowing about how the Democrats want to turn the country into a godless, genderless state

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America’s usually sunny disposition has become cloudy and thunderous

The United States is bogged down in a swamp of ennui, even if the causes vary depending on individual political and cultural perspectives

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The US is slowly slaughtering the wild icons of the American West

Rather than being brutally culled or shipped to slaughterhouses, America’s magnificent mustangs could become educational resources and tourist attractions

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Marion McKeone: Trump rape trial casts spotlight on former president’s misogyny

A civil lawsuit filed by former Elle columnist E Jean Carroll has heard evidence of a pattern of misbehaviour towards women

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Marion McKeone: The unknown cost to American democracy of 20 years of gifts to a Supreme Court judge

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has had his holidays underwritten by a billionaire for the last two decades and it’s one more sign of the erosion of the country’s institutions – the tent poles of democracy

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Marion McKeone: The Irish architect and the audacious $500m Bel Air mansion with 42 bathrooms

The Los Angeles dream home known as The One was fast becoming a white elephant. It finally sold for €125m but it needs another $20m to finish it. However, the property designed by an Irishman is strangely beautiful

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Marion McKeone on Nashville: Another school shooting, another round of outrage, tears, and then nothing

Assault weapons have become a lethal symbol of the culture wars that have engulfed America, so when the NRA meets next month there will be no reflection on the Nashville school shooting where three children and three adults were killed

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Marion McKeone: How Ozempic replaced cocaine as Hollywood’s new drug of choice

This injectable form of semaglutide, once the preserve of Kim Kardashian and her ilk, is rapidly becoming a US phenomenon among non-celebrities who want to lose weight without diets or exercise

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Marion McKeone: Remembering Pat Schroeder - Democratic trailblazer and pioneer for women’s rights

The formidable feminist, who died last week at the age of 82, spent 12 consecutive terms as a Colorado Democrat – ruffling the feathers of male politicians who believed a woman had no place in Congress

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Marion McKeone: Starting gun for Republican primary campaign distinctly lacking in calibre

Republican no-shows at this year’s CPAC gathering are feeding conjecture that the GOP is looking to weaken an association that has become an instrument for Donald Trump – whose victory in the 2024 primaries is by no means assured

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Marion McKeone: Lady Maga’s role as advocate is no armour against far-right fury

Now that Roe V Wade has been dealt with, the Maga show must go on – with staunch backing from a most unlikely supporter. But it’s sad that drag queen Ryan Woods craves the approval of an avowed homophobic and transphobic group

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Marion McKeone: Kerrygold withdrawal meltdown as butter disappears off US shelves

The popular Irish butter has been temporarily removed from supermarkets in California and New York due to new packaging regulations, leading to scavenger-like hunts for the precious commodity

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Marion McKeone: it's hard to overstate Los Angeles’s grief at the murder of Bishop David O’Connell

The priest known as Father Dave had an almost mythic status in the parishes he worked and he never shied away from the most volatile of situations

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Marion McKeone: Ron DeSantis’ Florida is where ‘woke’ goes to die, and crazy goes to live

Florida has always been a strange place and the butt of jokes but under its current governor it has become so strange that it’s hard to even satirise

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Marion McKeone: death of ‘the original LA cougar’ shows city’s love for nature

Tickets for Saturday’s memorial service for the mountain lion known as P-22 were as hard to get as for the LA Lakers game where LeBron James broke the NBA’s scoring record

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Marion McKeone: A police officer I spoke with summed it up, ‘if you make them run, they make you pay’

In her new weekly column, Marion McKeone writes that the death of Tyre Nichols has brought the issue of racial justice in America to the fore once again