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July 16, 2026
The Odyssey, by Donald Trump
The president lacks not only a coherent strategic concept but an elementary understanding of what strategy is.
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July 14, 2026
Lindsey Graham’s Choice
Would the world have been safer if Graham hadn’t cozied up to Trump?
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July 7, 2026
Democratic Socialists Are on the Rise. We’ve Seen This Movie Before.
Mainstream party leaders can’t dodge a fight with their left.
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June 30, 2026
What Is the ‘Spirit of Liberty’ Today?
It’s time to update Learned Hand’s great 1944 address.
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June 25, 2026
Triumph of the Tasteless
This is an era of illusion, and Musk and Trump are the self-adoring, self-promoting emblems and emperors of it.
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June 23, 2026
If You Love America, Cringe for It
Let’s remember who we once were, because it’s what we may yet be again.
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June 18, 2026
Trump’s Titanic Insecurities Are Sinking Us
The president’s titanic insecurities are sinking us.
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June 16, 2026
Iran Found Trump’s Bone Spur
In a contest of wills, the hard men of Tehran prevailed over the vain man of Washington.
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June 11, 2026
It’s Godzilla vs. T. Rex Out There All Over America
Is there nothing voters won’t forgive?
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June 9, 2026
The Good That Can Come From Platner’s Candidacy
The Senate race in Maine is a chance to do away with inconsistent standards applied according to political bias.
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June 4, 2026
The Fluffernutter Theory of Trump
Mindless optimism is the only antidote to rational despair.
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June 2, 2026
Dear President Ozymandias
Look on his works and despair.
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May 28, 2026
Saints and Sinners, From the Vatican to the Alamo
Texas just got a lot more interesting.
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May 26, 2026
Deal or No Deal With Iran
A deal to end the current blockade is merely an enticement for the next blockade and the one after that.
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May 20, 2026
Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West
Feeding narratives to the credulous isn’t speaking truth to power.
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May 14, 2026
In Some Other Universe, This Might Be Funny
When MAHA turns into HAHA.
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May 12, 2026
China Is Much Weaker Than It Seems. That’s the Problem.
History shows there is no more productive national asset than freedom.
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May 5, 2026
A Democrat Who Makes Me Listen
An interview with Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat from the charismatic center.
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April 28, 2026
The Banality of Evil, Again
The distinguishing feature of Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto is its insipidity.
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April 23, 2026
And Then There Were None, Trump Administration Edition
Normal language is inadequate and precedents are irrelevant when it comes to appraising the senior administration officials of the president’s second term.
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April 21, 2026
How to Save Academia
A Yale report offers some honest self-reflection on where the university went wrong.
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