Columnists
Will the Western alliance survive a new Trump term?
This is not the first time that Moscow has taken advantage of fighting in Gaza to pursue revanchist objectives in Europe. The 1956 Suez War, a war…
January 2, 2024
Magazine - Features
Republicans begin 2024 with a sense of electoral optimism
For Republicans, it could be a very happy new year indeed. The 2024 elections hold the potential for a trifecta: winning unified control of the federal government,…
Education
California’s legislature keeps driving the state leftward
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) made waves in his debate with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) by wielding an unlikely exhibit: a map of San Francisco showing how to…
News
Chris Christie’s conceit
Chris Christie wants you to know: He’s telling the truth. But not just that. He also wants you to know he’s the only one telling the truth,…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Democratic Sen. Jon Tester seeks reelection in Montana with cultivated centrist image
As top Republicans coalesce behind former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy in his bid to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), the Montana Democratic incumbent’s lifeline may lie with…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Reviewed: The Pole by J.M. Coetzee
Just like the opening sentence of Disgrace states that protagonist David Lurie has (to his own mind) “solved the problem of sex rather well” — meaning that…
Defense
Iran is providing Houthis key ‘tactical intelligence’ for Red Sea attacks, US says
Tehran is enabling the Houthis‘ attacks in Red Sea waterways by providing them with essential intelligence for those missions, according to the National Security Council. Iran‘s support…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
How a challenger candidate can defy the political odds and beat an incumbent
Former President Donald Trump’s biggest obstacle as he tries to reclaim the White House is history. Over the past century, starting with Republican President Calvin Coolidge’s 1924…
Healthcare
Congressional retirements sweep away knowledge base on thorny healthcare topics
A growing number of House members and senators are choosing to forgo reelection in 2024. These pending Capitol Hill departures aren’t the largest bunch in recent memory,…
Education
Seeing through the Ivy
Once, I had faith in the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities: growing up in Middle America, they seemed from a distance like wondrous Shangri-Las of learnedness…