Informing and curating the most important issues of our time.
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JD Vance Is Wrong About Nixon and Reagan
The vice president’s theory that the Nixon coalition was stronger and more durable doesn’t survive contact with reality.
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Britain: Rearranging the Deck Chairs
The Week of June 21, 2026: Air conditioning, SpaceX, gas prices, and much more.
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Undoing Stalin’s Crime: Romania and Moldova Should Reunite
There are several reasons why the West should support a proposal to reunify the two countries.
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A New Jersey Union Boss Wants to Speak for Millions of Teachers — but He’s Trying to Silence Me
Sean Spiller hopes to lead the National Education Association, yet he’s had no qualms about co-opting educators’ voices and dollars.
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Schnabel’s Not-So-Divine Comedy
In the Hand of Dante mocks itself — but Pacino and Scorsese bail it out.
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The Supreme Court Didn’t Just Save Women’s Sports. It Preserved the Legal Rights of Women
The Court determined that biological sex should not give way to gender identity.
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Pat Buckley at 100
The wife of William F. Buckley Jr. was a force in her own right.
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Socialism Should Have No Home Here
America’s 250th comes at a moment of great uncertainty in our politics. But there is hope.
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America Is Still a ‘Land of Wonders’
Big, loud, and crazy — and worth celebrating.
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Birthright Citizenship After Barbara
Congress is not powerless to stop the worst aspects of birthright citizenship.
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No, the Declaration of Independence Did Not Reject Executive Power
This week’s expansion of federal power is in line with the Declaration’s view of what the presidency should be.
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Supreme Court Allows States to Protect Girls’ Sports from Male Athletes
Once again, the Court deals in reality on sex differences instead of ideology.