Farewell, Ruritania: Saying goodbye to Eastern Europe’s exotic aura
Bram Stoker’s Dracula begins with an unsettling journey. As Jonathan Harker crosses the Danube River, he remarks ominously, “The impression I had was that we were leaving…
Explore racial politics, Trump TV, U.S.-India ties, China, Gaza, Musk, DOGE, and The Brutalist—a must-read on power, policy, and culture in this week's magazine
Bram Stoker’s Dracula begins with an unsettling journey. As Jonathan Harker crosses the Danube River, he remarks ominously, “The impression I had was that we were leaving…
The grownups in charge of the Democratic Party have made their share of errors and canoodled with extremists on all sorts of matters. However, in one regard,…
The Democratic Party is adrift in a second Trump era with little idea of where to go from here. That means Democratic governors have been left to…
I don’t think anybody quite understands what President Donald Trump is proposing in Gaza. At its most idealized form, anyway. Think of the territory reframed as a…
President Donald Trump is back at the White House, so politics are back at awards shows. Accepting an award for “global impact” at the Grammys over the…
If you want to watch a video that perfectly captures how hopelessly out of touch the modern Democratic Party is with 99% of the nation, you couldn’t…
A man was murdered in Sweden last week by Islamists. What was the response of the authorities? To make it harder for people such as him to…