Category: USA
A New Forein Policy Era Dawns
William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted,…
An AI Deal as a Diplomatic Weapon
A relatively small deal — by Microsoft’s standards, anyway — is leading to big geopolitical…
War: An Opportunity for Spending?
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Republicans confirmed yesterday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) plans to attempt to…
The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…
The Case For Multiparty Democracy
by Jerry Cayford: It’s a book about how our political system fell into this downward…
It was Like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ But With O.J., it Was All Too Real
Rick Cleveland at Mississippi Today: No telling how many times this sports writer has made…
The Fire-Breather Tucker Carlson and His Alma Mater St. George’s
By Jack Sullivan at Air Mail: Like all speakers of truth, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson…
Governing the Ungovernable
Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: When members of Congress return to Washington from…
What’s Inside the President’s Nuclear Football
Annie Jacobsen at Time: Nuclear threats have reemerged on the world stage. Frequently, Vladimir Putin…
Meeting The QAnon Shaman
Frederick Kaufman at Harper’s Magazine: Jacob Angeli-Chansley, the man the media has dubbed the QAnon…
Is it Time to End Arms Sales to Israel?
Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in…
Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard
Derek Bok in Harvard Magazine: IN DECEMBER, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were summoned…