Magazine
The pope, the president, and peace in the Middle East
Pope Francis, who died in April at age 88, was sometimes scathing in his criticism of President Donald Trump. In 2016, when Trump first ran for president,…
June 25, 2025
The bell tolls for the ayatollahs: What the Israeli strikes on Iran mean
for the Islamic republic
Magazine
The rise of the Pinkertons
Some brands become so dominant in their function that their names eclipse generic terms. We ask for a Kleenex instead of a tissue or Google a topic…
Columnists
We should all be thanking Israel
Let me concede it right at the start. We do apply a double standard to Israel. No Western country imposes sanctions on the Jewish state over its…
Business
Trump administration and EU officials aim to clinch trade deal
Negotiations are underway between the United States and the European Union over a new trade deal; both sides publicly hope it will end their trade war. Officials…
Magazine
Banana ball, ‘Moneyball,’ and the heart of baseball
Summer is just dawning, but America’s pastime is already in full swing — not baseball itself, but the long-standing tradition of lamenting its death at the hands…
Magazine
The terrible fate of John Milton
Is there a book more widely loved than Paradise Lost by an author more universally disliked than John Milton? Catholics dislike Milton for his anti-Catholicism, Anglicans dislike…
Magazine
Making yourself welcome
“You are welcome in Egypt!” Shouted nearly everyone to me when I was there last week. I was in the country for about 10 days, traveling around…
Magazine
Walter Lippmann’s life
If writers should be judged by their words, then Tom Arnold-Foster’s comprehensive and engaging “intellectual biography” of the legendary journalist Walter Lippmann renders a complete, balanced, and…
Entertainment
Alf Clausen, 1941-2025
A secret society gathers in a shadowy hall beneath Springfield, chanting a rollicking anthem. “Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do!…