This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. After circling for an hour, I landed in the most torrential rain the UAE had seen in 23 years. My ride from the airport should have been on a pontoon boat. Cars were abandoned and submerged in water, and crypto bros' Lamborghinis were drowning. From the back seat of the Sprinter, Dubai felt like a combination of Las... Read this story
