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May 24, 2026
Why Trump Lost
The president failed to deliver on his Iran bluster, and in the end fooled only himself.
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May 21, 2026
The New Blood Libel
This is what globalizing the intifada looks like.
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May 20, 2026
Trump’s Iran War: America Loss Is China’s Win
Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and What Science Says About Astrology.
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May 13, 2026
What Happens if the U.S. Defaults?
Lloyd Blankfein on the growing U.S. debt, polarization, the state of the economy, and what a United States default would look like. Plus: Trump-branded cellphones and the decline of public confiden...
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May 7, 2026
Trump Gets His Way in Indiana
Yesterday’s election sent a message to all Republicans of conscience.
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May 6, 2026
How to Survive Losing a Child
Danielle Crittenden on losing a daughter, grief, and her new memoir, Dispatches From Grief.
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April 29, 2026
Who Is the Real Base of the Democratic Party?
Jamal Simmons on lessons from the 2024 election, how Democrats can win in 2028, and who the real base of the Democratic Party is. Plus: Why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner feels so out of to...
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April 26, 2026
MAGA Loses Its Lust for Vengeance
Instead of a crackdown on his enemies, Trump wants his ballroom.
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April 22, 2026
On the Brink of Global Recession
The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: Th...
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April 15, 2026
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary and Labyr...
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April 8, 2026
Only Losers Play the Madman
Does Trump seem crazy? Sure. Credible, not so much.
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April 8, 2026
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo ...
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April 7, 2026
Trump Looks Frantic
So much bluster signifying nothing
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April 1, 2026
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
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April 1, 2026
Why Trump Didn’t Predict the Gas-Price Spike
The president doesn’t understand that markets are global.
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March 25, 2026
The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West
The historian Andrew Roberts on why many right-wing podcasters now believe that the wrong side won the Second World War, and the rise of algorithmically driven pseudo-historians. Plus: Trump is loo...
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March 25, 2026
Trump Owes Mueller
The president may resent the former special counsel, but he is also indebted to him.
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March 18, 2026
Why Britain Is Saying No to Trump’s Iran War
Alastair Campbell on the end of the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship.” Plus: Why Democrats in Congress cannot ignore their duty, and The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann.
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March 16, 2026
Can’t Stop It, So Lead It
To limit the harms of the Iran war, congressional Democrats will have to join the fight.
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March 13, 2026
Anti-Semitism Is Becoming Mainstream
The Michigan attack shows that anti-Jewish terror is spreading.
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March 11, 2026
Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?
Beto O’Rourke on the Texas Democratic Senate primary and what it means for a key race in the 2026 midterms. Plus: chaos at DHS and Samuel Fleischacker on Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations.
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March 4, 2026
Trump’s War With Iran and a New Danger at Home
Tom Nichols on Donald Trump’s war with Iran, forgotten lessons from the Iraq War, and fears about the intentions of America’s leaders. Plus: Why Trump’s wartime powers could be extremely dangerous ...
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March 3, 2026
This Joke Explains Iran Today
Sometimes the most reliable weapon is a grim joke.
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March 2, 2026
On the Chagos Islands, Trump Is Right
The president is rightfully concerned about the fate of America’s most important military base in the Indian Ocean.
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February 28, 2026
The Paradox of Trump’s Iran Attack
When his fantasies unravel, Trump has a habit of abusing power to force his will upon an uncooperative world.
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February 25, 2026
When Caring Becomes Counterculture
Tim Miller on what he saw in Minnesota, why “Resist libs” turn off younger generations, and whether Never Trump has veered too far to the left. Plus: reacting to Trump’s tariff defeat and rethinkin...
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February 25, 2026
Trump’s Childish State of the Union
The president misused the State of the Union ritual in ways so radical as to call the ritual itself into question.
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