America no longer knows how to fight a war
At home and abroad, the question is no longer ‘which system is best?’ but ‘whose land is this?’
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Can anyone balance America’s books?
Modern governments like to imagine that their spending helps to boost growth, thereby easing the burden of debt. Yet the opposite is true
MAGA tourism in the heart of DC
Butterworth’s has been profiled more often than the new Pope
Left-wing violence is being normalized
We’ve come to a series of startling conclusions about a change that’s happening in US society
Are antidepressants making Americans violent?
America has been taking her medicine scrupulously for decades. Instead of making her better, it might well be making everything far worse
Who can bring the Democrats together by 2028?
Their fundamental problem is that they have gone too far left for the median voter in the country
How Trump’s favorite anthem became the barometer for his policies
If you played ‘YMCA’ as the outro to the latest announcement, would it force a smile? Or come across as completely inappropriate?
How Giorgia Meloni became Donald Trump’s EU whisperer
There’s no denying that the Italian Prime Minister has replaced Europe’s other statesmen as a leader with whom America can do business
Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick
Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius
Can Ukraine secure its military survival?
We’re back to talk of war scenarios and military hardware. And those questions have changed radically since Putin invaded back in February 2022
The architects of ‘AI rights’ are a threat to humanity
Inside the body-denying ideology moving fast towards a technological dystopia
The rise of Eric Trump
His path from Charlottesville vintner to crypto kingpin reveals something profound about power in this country
Trump’s revolution is coming to the UK
What I learned from debating at Oxford and Cambridge
Joe Biden’s puzzling legacy
At least since the disaster of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the unavoidable question was: who is running the US government?
The anti-Semitism algorithm
China, Russia and Iran are fanning hatred online to undermine America
How China is out-innovating the West
The West, bloated on its own hype, now faces a leaner competitor
The frightening advance of China’s military capabilities
Close observers, including Putin, have noted Chinese military R&D has surpassed Russia and the West
Inside the struggle for technological control in South Africa
The larger concern isn’t domestic equity – but China
How deepfake fraud is rewiring our minds
All Americans are going to learn what it’s like to live in central New York City – but worse
