Books and Culture
A Left-Wing Politics Based on Calling People Names For Jennifer Welch, moving left and reviling Republicans are the keys to victory.
On Jonestown A 1978 massacre offers a warning for America today.
All the President's Enablers Three books on Joe Biden’s presidency jointly paint a devasting portrait of an ailing, geriatric leader surrounded by mendacious aides and grasping family members.
Character Studies
A Left-Wing Politics Based on Calling People Names For Jennifer Welch, moving left and reviling Republicans are the keys to victory.
Why Did Wallace Shawn Liken Israelis to Nazis? The people casually accusing Israel of genocide
Dispatches
California Dreaming If fame determines status in Los Angeles, power is the social currency in Washington
Have We Finally Reached Peak Pride? Gay pride has been very much on my mind lately
Essays
The Radical Right Won’t Save Europe The populist parties rising in the polls offer little to improve on the failed elites they’re trying to replace.
In Defense of Guilt By Association The wisdom of judging politicians by the company they keep
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Decadent and Depraved The point of the dinner is to mingle journalists with stars. There’s no noble mission there for Trump to denigrate.
Reporting
The DSA is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party
What Happens Where Free Speech Is Unprotected The case of a maverick polemicist who will go on trial in Germany for using a Nazi symbol is a timely reminder of the liberty we should cherish.
Origin Story How a self-published investigation into the possibility of a “lab leak” upended groupthink about the coronavirus