Fantastical Beliefs in a Post-Christian Age Without a faith, people must find new sources of meaning, new congregations to which they can belong. Patrick Parkinson 20 Mar 2023 · 12 min read
Why AUKUS Matters The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence. Aaron Sarin 20 Mar 2023 · 11 min read
Chronicle of a War, 20 Years On The case for removing the worst of the Arab prison states looks more justifiable than ever, even as the blunders involved in its execution look even more unpardonable. Brian Stewart 19 Mar 2023 · 15 min read
Public Broadcaster, Private Celebrity Lineker has embarrassed the BBC but the vexing problem of illegal immigration will still have to be addressed. John Lloyd 15 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
Marching Backwards Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection. Marilyn Simon 3 Mar 2023 · 13 min read
Forgetting vs. Overcoming: Abuses of History and the 1619 Project The 1619 Project is, strangely, a history project that encourages forgetting as much as it remembers. Robert C. Thornett 2 Mar 2023 · 15 min read
The Nature of the Beast Too many Western politicians continue to delude themselves about the character of Beijing’s regime. Aaron Sarin 1 Mar 2023 · 10 min read
Beyond Davos If the Davos crowd has demonstrated anything, it is the futility of their posturing. Joel Kotkin 27 Feb 2023 · 11 min read
The Ukrainian Year Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West. Jesse Inman 26 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations The obsessive policing of language in the name of progress relies on magical thinking. Oliver Traldi 24 Feb 2023 · 7 min read
Heidegger’s Downfall Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance. Jeffrey Herf 22 Feb 2023 · 18 min read
The Liberal Internationalist A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens. Michael J. Totten 20 Feb 2023 · 18 min read
A Demagogue Departs The end of the Salmond-Sturgeon era may mark the end of nationalist populism in Scotland. John Lloyd 18 Feb 2023 · 6 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun Attritional trench warfare and the terrible logic of the sunk cost return to Europe. Robert Zaretsky 17 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction? What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides. Matt Johnson 15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read