Sanitising a Paranoid Crank Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr. Matt Johnson 3 Dec 2024 · 10 min read
Donald Trump and the Great Man Theory of History As with Napoleon Bonaparte, one cannot confidently state that if Trump had never been born, someone like him would have done what he did. Jason Garshfield 22 Nov 2024 · 10 min read
The Centre Must Rise No centrist who understands the current moment has ever truly laid out their case to the Democratic Party base in the context of a serious political campaign. It’s time to change that. Jack Despain Zhou 13 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
NATO and the Return of Trump If the United States abandons Europe, Beijing will be more emboldened than ever. Matt Johnson 17 Sep 2024 · 8 min read
The Case for a Merit-Based Immigration System The current system is not only economically counterproductive but incentivises people to become illegal immigrants. Jay Sophalkalyan 23 Aug 2024 · 10 min read
Populists Before Trump John Ganz’s lively new book provides a valuable account of the intellectual origins of Trumpism. Leon Hadar 20 Aug 2024 · 9 min read
America’s Last Great Political Novel In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century. Kevin Mims 6 Aug 2024 · 22 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
Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon. Claire Lehmann 15 Jul 2024 · 7 min read
Stop Decriminalising Crime When a gap opens between what the law punishes and what society believes should be punished, people lose respect for the law and are more likely to violate it. Paul H. Robinson / Jeffrey Seaman 24 Jun 2024 · 11 min read
Misadventures of a Stalinist Stooge Benn Steil’s engrossing new biography of Henry A. Wallace is a timely cautionary tale and a masterpiece of 20th-century American history. Ronald Radosh 25 Apr 2024 · 23 min read
American Carnage Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses. Allan Stratton 18 Apr 2024 · 7 min read
Funhouse-Mirror Fusionism Like the traditionalists and libertarians, integralists and vitalists find themselves advancing analogous causes: one stands for a moral order and cohesive community, and the other for the exceptional individual. Cincinnatus Smith 28 Mar 2024 · 14 min read
