Democrats Must Pick Fights with Woke Activists Ignoring the far-left’s identitarian agenda is not enough. Richard Hanania 12 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
Europe Awaits Trump II The president-elect’s arrival in the White House will likely galvanise the European New Right and doom the Ukrainian resistance. John Lloyd 11 Nov 2024 · 8 min read
Twilight of the American Century The people may have spoken, but the options with which they were presented were not befitting of a serious country. Brian Stewart 7 Nov 2024 · 7 min read
Searching for Presidential Rhetoric Students should study extensively the presidential rhetoric of earlier times, because it often demonstrates civility far better than the rhetoric of the present. Robert C. Thornett 8 Oct 2024 · 13 min read
Populism and Power Why a right-wing populist has qualms about J.D. Vance and his postliberal ideology. Dennis Saffran 23 Sep 2024 · 18 min read
Stop Complaining About the Electoral College It remains the least undesirable system and changing it is impractical. Daniel McGraw 23 Sep 2024 · 6 min read
Kremlin Cash The Tenet media scandal and the convergence of right-wing American punditry and Russian propaganda. Cathy Young 8 Sep 2024 · 9 min read
Kamala Harris’s Very Big Tent Can Kamala Harris be the stateswoman that the United States and the free world so urgently need? Jeffrey Herf 26 Aug 2024 · 10 min read
American Assassinations Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky. Thomas Doherty 21 Jul 2024 · 10 min read
It’s the Narrative, Stupid! Every time there is a shooting, everybody turns to their narrative. We all want our stories to be vindicated, and we are perplexed if the expected pattern does not emerge. Fred Litwin 18 Jul 2024 · 7 min read
Donald Trump and the Perils of Myth-Making In the wake of the shooting, we should neither demonise nor sanctify Trump, but assess him by normal political standards. Jason Garshfield 17 Jul 2024 · 7 min read
A Wretched Situation The failure of the Secret Service to provide adequate protection to a standard-bearer for one of the major parties is the latest example of American breakdown. Brian Stewart 16 Jul 2024 · 6 min read
Why Is the GOP Sticking with Trump? A primer for foreign observers and the otherwise perplexed. Adam Garfinkle 25 Feb 2024 · 13 min read
Stop Dunking on Trump Supporters No one is beyond reach—unless everyone around them refuses to reach out. Julian Adorney 7 Feb 2024 · 9 min read
Stop Sensationalizing the Threat of Right-Wing Political Violence Terrorism is ultimately a weapon of the weak. By engaging in threat inflation, we expand the power and prestige of terrorists by allowing them to be more influential than they otherwise might be. Zaid Jilani 28 Jan 2021 · 7 min read
