Fate of the West
Where Western civilization is headed. History, demography, culture and power, with serious attention to both decline and renewal.
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Will Anyone Stop America’s Creeping Socialism?
No laws let the executive branch do equity deals; that could make it harder to undo them.
Construction’s Data Center Boom
Plus: Ukraine says Starlink is partly back after an outage, inflation hits 3.7 percent ahead of the midterms, and a huge dachshund.
The Secrecy in Courts Dilemma
What to do about the sealing order crisis.
Meet the Military Man Threatening to Unseat Netanyahu
Gadi Eisenkot has been unrestrained in his criticism of the Israeli prime minister. But he’s no dove.
Did Ukrainian Drones Wipe Out Russia’s Bot Networks?
Attacks on Russian data centers knocked out its version of Google, but claims that bot activity plummeted were unfounded.
Trump’s Trade War Is Helping Mark Carney Transform Canada
How the prime minister is using the rift with the U.S. to boost his country’s global standing.
Horseshoe Theory at Cornell
Both traditionalists and progressives deny women agency when it comes to sex.
Why Hamas Cheered Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize
Pillay’s human rights career hid the commitments of a campaigner behind the authority of a judge.
Something Like Sabotage
How should Ukraine respond to America’s treachery?
There Are Limits to Incompetence
The MAGA jabronis have failed to bring about ‘the golden age.’
When Being Wrong Doesn’t Matter
The GOP has entered its post-embarrassment era.
France’s Riots—and Debt Crisis
Plus: Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as ambassador to Greece, an OpenAI engineer is charged with bugging a conference room, and voters elect Hitler Mussolini.
What’s Wrong With Kids These Days? | Interview: Daniel A. Cox
Give people a wave.
When Politicians Are Entirely Too Online
The problem with pandering to a small slice of the electorate.
The Iraq War’s Complicated Legacy
One veteran’s reflections on what we got right—and what we got wrong.
Fake But Accurate
Citizen journalism and the James Talarico ‘scandal.’
Is Trump’s Diesel Deal Legal?
Plus: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home is searched in a federal criminal probe, Britain’s prime minister blames Iran for a suspected terror plot, and all hail the mega pumpkin.
Is Spending Money Protected Speech?
Plus a tangent on Citizens United.
Polls Aren’t the Problem. It’s How We Use Them
How to interpret polling for the midterms.
Can John Sununu Overcome Political Gravity?
Being a scion of New Hampshire’s best-known political dynasty may not be enough in a tough electoral year.
There’s No Good Reason to Make a Spectacle of Nidal Hasan
And there are plenty of reasons not to stream his execution.
Sneak Preview
Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine is a glimpse of the next two years.
A New Middle East Takes Shape
Plus: Trump’s Russian diesel deal draws bipartisan criticism, the Justice Department opens an antitrust probe of TV networks, and Mr. Sparklepants and his friends hide from the storm.
The Tumultuous, Remarkable Middle East | Interview: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Get your bingo cards ready.
Should Christa Pike Live?
A second execution attempt strains legal and ethical standards.
Feminism’s Next Wave
In upstate New York, women gathered to declare a new movement based on the truth of male-female difference.
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