A collection of 53 posts
Sam Tanenhaus’s new biography of William F. Buckley provides a rich and nuanced portrait of one of the most consequential public intellectuals in modern American conservative politics.
Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer have been successful military operations, but a great deal of uncertainty remains.
In the United States, demographic decline will test conservative support for welfare reform.
Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted.
Biden’s re-election campaign was a grand exercise in hubris, which led to the very outcome it was intended to prevent.
The Trump administration’s decision to start revoking the visas of international students is vindictive, petty, and counterproductive.
The Trump administration has a NatCon economics problem.
American populism and religion are bound by a shared desire for order in a rapidly changing world.
Those who ignore politically inconvenient information about affirmative action are more interested in defending a narrative than in actually solving a problem.
Even those of us who sounded alarms before the November election underestimated just how unhinged the second Trump presidency would turn out to be.
Instead of building the broadest possible coalition for his cause, Rufo is busy making enemies of potential allies.
Liberal democracies need to restore a climate of entrepreneurial opportunity and competition.
The cure may be worse than the disease.
President Trump’s protectionist policies are erratic, ill-defined, and incoherent.
The US health secretary is spreading disinformation about vaccines while the administration he serves guts medical-research agencies and programs.