The Internet’s Nihilism Crisis
More and more, it seems, I pull to refresh a feed or open up a new browser tab and encounter...
Kristi Noem Watch
Since Alex Pretti’s killing three weeks ago, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been trying to distance herself from Minneapolis—politically...
Why Europe Is Talking About Nukes
After World War II, peace-loving Sweden began working on a nuclear bomb to stave off a feared Soviet invasion. But...
The Fine Balance Required of an ‘Authorial Rant’
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The Blind Spot at the Top of the World
Last week, Thomas E. Dans, the recently appointed chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, showed up unexpectedly in Tromsø,...
Most People Don’t Have a ‘Type’
By the time I met Rich, I had whittled my list of must-haves for a romantic partner down to two:...
First Jobs Matter More Than We Think
When Jack Waxman, a government major at Cornell, was a senior, he faced a choice. He could pursue a job...
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
Photographs by Erika Nina Suárez On an April evening last year, Rod Dreher sat in the front row of an...
What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!
Two men from headquarters walked out to the corral to tell the pollster the news. They were a big man...
Carrie Prejean Boller Is Not Going Quietly
“It is not a biblical mandate that I have to worship Israel,” Carrie Prejean Boller told me today. The former...
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Disqualified for a ‘Helmet of Remembrance’
Robert Michael / DPA / Reuters Vladislav Heraskevych of Team Ukraine shows his helmet, featuring images of fellow Ukrainian athletes...
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president of the United States became aware Monday evening, apparently for the first time, that a new bridge is...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
In February 2016, after exchanging email pleasantries with the left-wing public intellectual Noam Chomsky and extending an invitation to his...
Howard Lutnick’s Epstein Story Doesn’t Make Any Sense
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Five Basic Truths About America’s Immigration Debate
“If Liberals Won’t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will.” So warned my colleague David Frum in the headline of an April 2019...
