Magazine Issue

March 17, 2020

Coronavirus: What the global economy is up against
Business

Coronavirus: What the global economy is up against

President Trump’s “America First” strategy has consistently favored unilateral action over promoting international economic cooperation. That must change, as must his failure to marshal bipartisan legislation in…

Desmond Lachman
Revolution, interrupted
Magazine - Features

Revolution, interrupted

Near the start of the Russian Revolution, in 1918, Leon Trotsky called democracy a “less perfect medium for the expression of class struggle under revolutionary circumstances” that…

Joseph Simonson
Scoot-suit riot
Magazine - Life & Arts

Scoot-suit riot

One of my oldest friends is a plastic surgeon, and he likes to suggest this simple experiment: Place your hands in prayer position and put them against…

Rob Long
Civilian blues
Magazine - Life & Arts

Civilian blues

Scott Beauchamp’s Did You Kill Anyone? is a difficult book to classify. It is, in a loose sense, a military memoir: a first-person account of Beauchamp’s five…

Park MacDougald