Gaza and the Asymmetry Trap The defeat of Hamas is a moral necessity, but that does not obviate Israel’s responsibility to minimize civilian suffering. Michael Walzer 1 Dec 2023 · 9 min read
The Athens of Asia: A History of Gaza For much of its history, Gaza moved people, things, and ideas by land and sea, and its name was associated with geographic interconnectedness. Robert C. Thornett 1 Dec 2023 · 8 min read
Black Progress and Black Rage A new biopic about Bayard Rustin and the New York Met’s opera about the life of Malcolm X celebrate very different notions of black struggle. Joshua Muravchik 30 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
Chasing the Ice Moon A new book describes the crackpot anthropological theories that Nazis used to justify their belief in Aryan racial superiority. Steven Tucker 27 Nov 2023 · 9 min read
“There’s Nothing Mystical About the Idea that Ideas Change History” An interview with Steven Pinker. Matt Johnson 1 Dec 2023 · 27 min read
Javier Milei and the Libertarian Tradition His political ascent was meteoric, but classical liberalism has a storied history in Argentina. Daniel Raisbeck 30 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt. Julian Adorney 28 Nov 2023 · 7 min read
Victim Blaming Revisited Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape. Richard B. Felson 28 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
The Heckler’s Veto and the Right to Free Association It's not just a matter of weighing up one group’s free speech against another group’s counter-speech. It’s also about one group’s freedom of association being impeded. Holly Lawford-Smith 27 Nov 2023 · 7 min read
The New Normal? Election results in the Netherlands and Argentina provide evidence of the vigour and variety of the New Right and its global reach. John Lloyd 27 Nov 2023 · 6 min read