A collection of 93 posts
Americans who may have ferocious disagreements about the size of government, foreign policy, and a wide range of other issues must find a way to unite around their shared commitment to the liberal idea.
Trump’s threat to annex Greenland has revealed the shakiness of America’s commitment to NATO. Europe urgently needs to create its own alternative.
Even if unsuccessful, Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign to acquire Greenland threatens to undermine America’s reputation as a champion of western security, freedom, and co-operation.
The right-wing response to recent events in Minneapolis indicates that MAGA conservatives are determined to repeat the mistakes made by Daryl Gates 35 years ago.
Greenland and the erosion of deep literacy.
Any invasion of Greenland would be a logistical nightmare with no economic upside.
Trump’s assault on the Federal Reserve demands a structural solution: rules-based monetary policy that protects central bank independence whilst delivering better economic results.
Mary Clare Jalonick’s oral history of the 6 January riot is an important corrective to the second Trump administration’s vandalism of the historical record.
It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.
What four videos show—and fail to show—about a deadly ICE encounter.
Despite public displays of mutual support, the Trump–Netanyahu partnership is on shaky ground.
Bari Weiss’s eleventh-hour cancellation of a 60 Minutes exposé on migrants imprisoned in El Salvador raises troubling questions about editorial independence at CBS News.
Two new books about America’s justice system paint a bleak picture of a deeply divided country.
Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
David Mamet’s new polemic is filled with muddled prose and muddled thought.