A Demagogue Departs The SNP has identified England and the English political class—especially the governing Conservative Party—as hostile forces. John Lloyd 18 Feb 2023 · 7 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun It is not just Western officials who worry that Zelensky’s determination to defend Bakhmut at all costs will cripple his army’s effectiveness. Robert Zaretsky 17 Feb 2023 · 5 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
Justice in Stockholm Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth. Roya Hakakian 7 Feb 2023 · 19 min read
Beijing in Retreat A plunging birthrate, deepening socioeconomic divisions, and the chaos produced by China’s failed Zero-COVID policy prove that Xi Jinping and the Party do not have the measure of the nation. Aaron Sarin 28 Jan 2023 · 12 min read
Child Welfare and the Cash Panacea Poverty is not the cause of abuse and neglect. Naomi Schaefer Riley 24 Jan 2023 · 6 min read
Fables of the Deconstruction Rejection may sting. But it’s not the same as being ripped off. George Case 10 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
Democracy’s Trenches The idea that the war in Ukraine is not our business is seductive but dangerously mistaken. John Lloyd 4 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
Rebalancing the Gender Narrative Richard Reeves’s new book is a valuable contribution to a gender debate stuck on outdated axioms. Ari David Blaff 30 Dec 2022 · 7 min read
Politics and the English Language, 2023 The continued relevance of George Orwell’s landmark 1946 essay. George Case 28 Dec 2022 · 8 min read
On Conservative Socialism Far from being a phantom in the imaginations of a handful of writers and scholars, conservative socialism is a real phenomenon. Seamus Flaherty 27 Dec 2022 · 16 min read
Prisoners of Ideology A more reasoned politics is critical to the future of society. Joel Kotkin 22 Dec 2022 · 14 min read
The White Paper Revolution China’s population has learned that its voice has real power. Aaron Sarin 21 Dec 2022 · 14 min read
America’s Forgotten Crisis A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today. Michael J. Totten 17 Dec 2022 · 14 min read
All About Dave The tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno. Ross Anderson 15 Dec 2022 · 33 min read
