A Man for All Seasons
Susan Owens’s handsome new monograph reconsiders the life and career of the English landscape painter John Constable.
Graham Daseler
· 9 min read
From Babylon to Eurovision
My nephew's schoolmate sang at Eurovision last week. Here is what the people who booed him don't understand.
Lynda Ben-Menashe
· 6 min read
What Is the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor?
Creating NGOs that misuse the language of human rights is an effective strategy for advancing terrorist goals.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 12 min read
The Ballad of East and West
In a fascinating new book, historian Anthony Bale vividly reconstructs the brutal, fantastical, and sometimes deeply religious experiences of medieval travellers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Why AI Is Not About to Go Feral
Worries about AI doom rarely take Darwinian evolution seriously. A new paper argues we should—but we are still further from that scenario than its authors suggest.
Maarten Boudry
· 13 min read
Taiwan in the Balance
Donald Trump seems to have given up on Taiwan’s long-term future.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
China Is Ready for the Next War. America Is Not.
What radar and jet propulsion were to World War Two, robotics and artificial intelligence will be to the next war between great powers.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Teacher in a Tutu
Bragging about my PhD to general indifference during the second-most humiliating day of my life.
Robert Lynch
· 5 min read
How a UN Agency Misled the World on Cancer Risk
Nathan Schachtman’s indispensable new paper explains how the International Agency for Research on Cancer has misled the public with its classifications of carcinogens.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 11 min read
Nicholas Kristof and the Pornography of Accusation
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
Yuki Zeman
· 14 min read
A Deceitful Propaganda Campaign Marketed as a ‘Prank’
CBC-funded TV producers using fake names are ambushing Canadians who take a positive view of their country—including an 82-year-old Ontario grandfather who invited the film crew into his home.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
Dangerous Losers
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Jason Manning
· 10 min read
Frampton Comes Alive! at Fifty
The improbable story of rock’s greatest live album.
Jacob Bielecki
· 13 min read
Intifadas Bring Neither Justice Nor Peace
Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.
John Aziz
· 9 min read