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May 23, 2026
What A.I. Philanthropists Can Learn From the Gilded Age
Leave a physical legacy to future generations, not just a record of programs and disbursements.
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May 21, 2026
A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.
Making the case for a “useless” education.
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May 16, 2026
China’s Peak Is Now
Does Xi Jinping see the world this way?
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May 14, 2026
China Doesn’t Worry About A.I. Like We Do
The difference in perspectives between superpowers is shaping the race for A.I. dominance.
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May 7, 2026
A Legendary Investor on How to Prevent America’s Coming ‘Heart Attack’
Why Ray Dalio is bearish on the U.S.
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May 2, 2026
Slouching Toward Kamala Harris
The Democrats’ fundamental condition is a late-Trumpian stasis.
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April 30, 2026
Why Are We Still Driving?
Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.
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April 25, 2026
The Political Defeats of Elon Musk
His political malpractice will loom large in the history of Trump 2.0.
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April 23, 2026
A Bitcoin Evangelist Tries to Convert Me
What the crypto currency promises that the dollar doesn’t.
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April 18, 2026
The Four Lessons Liberals Should Consider After Orban’s Defeat
The lesson for Republicans comes too late, but liberals can still learn from the end of Orbanism.
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April 16, 2026
How the Supreme Court Defeated Trump
A conservative court watcher explains why the president has failed to bend the judicial branch to his will.
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April 14, 2026
Trump’s Blasphemy Is a Warning
Presidents can fight with popes. God is another matter.
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April 11, 2026
Trump’s Iran War Is a Familiar Middle Eastern Folly
American power can survive America’s recurring overreach.
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April 9, 2026
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying
The former senator wants to heal the America he’s leaving behind.
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April 4, 2026
Trump Needs Smarter Sycophants
Loyal losers don’t go very far with this president.
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April 2, 2026
Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? A Debate.
A ‘Christian Atheist’ joins Ross Douthat.
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March 24, 2026
Iran’s ‘Nuclear’ Option
How U.S. strategy encouraged mutually assured destruction.
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March 19, 2026
White Identity Is Galvanizing the Right
He wrote a book on anti-white bias. The White House noticed.
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March 12, 2026
The Democrats Could Still Mess This Up
Will they finally capitalize on Trump’s chaos?
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March 7, 2026
Trump’s Iran War and the Shadow of Iraq
The desire for a revolutionary presidency gives hubris a lot of space to work.
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March 5, 2026
Does the Iran War Put America First?
How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.
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March 3, 2026
Trump Struck Iran Because He Sensed Weakness
Has his unerring instinct for vulnerability finally failed him?
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February 26, 2026
The New Space Race
Can NASA and Elon Musk get us to Mars and beyond?
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