Failing the Hamas Litmus Test
The inflammatory Al-Ahli hospital hoax shows that much of the Western media remains compulsively addicted to dangerous and self-defeating war journalism.
Richard Landes
· 13 min read
Politics
A collection of 529 posts
Shadows No More
A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
Liberalism Against Utopianism
Samuel Moyn’s analysis of what ails liberal societies is fatally compromised by his own socialist commitments.
Alan S. Rome
· 9 min read
Mind the Gap
If he is to reunite Poland, Donald Tusk will have to balance his strong support for the EU with citizens’ legitimate concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
It’s Not the Occupation
It is rarely the case that all of the blame for a conflict belongs on one side. But that does not mean blame should be equally divided.
David Benatar
· 7 min read
Debating the New Elite
A Prospect magazine debate at Conway Hall pitched the Anywheres, represented by former Times columnist David Aaronovitch, against the Somewheres, represented by postliberal academic Matthew Goodwin.
John Lloyd
· 6 min read
The Gazan Gordian Knot
Following a litany of failures, Israel must now contemplate a menu of bad options.
Shmuel Bar
· 14 min read
Israel’s New Reality
In these dire circumstances, deterrence will only be restored with overwhelming force.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
The Ideology of Mass Murder
Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks.
Jeffrey Herf
· 9 min read
The Disaster Artist
Was Liz Truss Britain’s first affirmative-action prime minister?
Laurie Wastell
· 10 min read
The Insidious Lie That We Can’t Understand Each Other
And a guide for how to productively push back against the identity trap.
Yascha Mounk
· 16 min read
Howard Men
Prince Jones, Carlton Jones, and the evasions of Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Adam Gussow
· 58 min read
Civil Rights and Wrongs
Richard Hanania’s new book is a welcome entry to the conversation about wokeness, but his power-based perspective is incomplete.
Oliver Traldi
· 16 min read
China’s Manufactured Fukushima Panic
The CCP has not missed an opportunity to inflame fears about its Japanese neighbor.
Aaron Sarin
· 10 min read
The Immigration Conundrum
Migration from the developing world to the West will continue until and unless international development can improve the societies people are leaving.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read