Columnists
Why Northern Ireland isn’t going anywhere
What would make someone choose between British and Irish nationality? There is a consensus that rows over the Irish border have brought a referendum on unification much…
December 21, 2021
Magazine - Features
Hispanics’ rightward march
It’s official: The Democrats have a Hispanic voter problem. Support for the party’s presidential ticket among the voting bloc that was supposed to be a linchpin of…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Nostalgia made for the moment
Kendall Jenner covering Kylie Jenner on the cover of Vogue. Chris Cuomo interviewing his brother Andrew, the (former) governor of New York on CNN. First daughters Chelsea…
Magazine - Your Land
Strangers in masks
Cloth masks may not be effective at stopping the spread of COVID-19, but our media, academia, and public health voices keep coming up with more reasons to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Great Fitzgerald
Each time I re-read The Great Gatsby, I am pleased to find it lives up to the hype of memory, which is appropriate for a novel about…
Beltway Confidential
An unfortunate correction, corpse-stomping
On second thought… The New York Times added a lengthy and deeply embarrassing editor’s note to its November profile of Palestinian literature professor Refaat Alareer. The note,…
Crime
Democrat rediscovers federalism when rising crime questioned
Normally, Democrats don’t have much use for federalism, which is the idea that some issue areas (such as national security and immigration) should be handled by the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
For Mel Brooks, it’s all about the laughs
Among the back-cover accolades on Mel Brooks’s long-awaited autobiography is a glowing review from one Mel Brooks. Thus is the project’s tone established before one so much…
Magazine - Obituary
Anne Rice, 1941-2021
With its strange and suggestive brew of cultural influences, combining Creole, the Catholic Church, and, of course, carnival, New Orleans has always been the American city most…
Magazine - Features
Conservatives we lost in 2021
The last year was rough in many ways, not least in that we lost many conservative heroes — and at least one rogue. It takes many components…