The Trump Administration has decided that it need not make a case for military action. In the current media environment, that approach makes a disturbing kind of sense.

The Oscar nominee, who plays a hoodoo healer in “Sinners,” stops at a Brooklyn apothecary and reflects on pregnancy, learning Yoruba, and blessing Michael B. Jordan’s bag.

This is even more true if you are a young socialist mayor with many big expensive plans: for Zohran Mamdani, becoming New York City’s leader has required swift public training in the art of making ...