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 · 11 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Rebalancing the Gender Narrative Richard Reeves’s new book is a valuable contribution to a gender debate stuck on outdated axioms.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 · 6 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 · 13 min read
The White Paper Revolution China’s population has learned that its voice has real power. Aaron Sarin 21 Dec 2022 · 13 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 · 13 min read
All About Dave The tragic rise of a former comic, liberal, and Angeleno. Ross Anderson 15 Dec 2022 · 33 min read
Conservatism in an Era Of Populist Revolt Right-wing radicals are being punished by voters because they have discarded the foundational principles of conservative philosophy. Bo Winegard 13 Dec 2022 · 10 min read
How Do They Know This? An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem. Christopher J. Snowdon 8 Dec 2022 · 5 min read
Fukuyama’s Victory Liberal democracy has again proved itself capable of overcoming its internal challenges and contradictions. Matt Johnson 7 Dec 2022 · 22 min read