Hamas and retaking higher education
The cheerleading for Hamas on many campuses has precipitated a shattering moment of moral clarity
Features
Tuesday
Unpacking the GOP’s red October
Matt Gaetz is content to watch the world burn — and he’ll keep all the rubies he can gather along the way
The year’s horrors have left me speechless
I fear that the internet is driving me and everyone around me insane
The world of future heirlooms
The nature of our here-today-gone-tomorrow culture is amplifying people’s innate desire for connection to things that are unchanging
Israel’s imperial problem is ours, too
The country is facing today a dilemma that the West will face tomorrow
How Harvard befriended Hamas
The roots of the elite university’s antisemitism and Nazi association run deep
A look inside Right Side Broadcasting Network
In the 2024 race, the popularity of RSBN among the MAGA faithful and Trump himself could revive the dynamics of 2016
Was 2023 the year of the labor union?
It’s been a good year for unions, without much help from Democrats
Why the post-Cold War era is far from over
Avoiding repetition of the errors that marred US policy in the recent past will require more than money
Facing the facts of the West
In the years to come, we will have to persuade rather than compel other nations
Poland and Hungary learn different lessons from history
The Polish elections offered another blow to a Polish-Hungarian relationship already fraying over the war in Ukraine
Indian Exodus: the Jewish population exits after 2,000 years
Many who left retain a deep affection for India, visit regularly and find the departure difficult to discuss
The promise and peril of Facebook Marketplace
The internet reduces the friction of finding something but increases the friction of attaining it
Friday
DC under the influence
There are two sets of rules in Washington, one for the powerful and one for the rest of us
After the Maui fires
When I went to West Maui four days after the fire, many people told me, ‘You’re the first person who has anything to do with the government who has shown up’
The changing season brings a change in politics
What we’ve been told about Trump and Biden, about the other candidates for the Republican nomination and other Democratic aspirants, has mutated
The case against the Thanksgiving dinner fight
Break bread, not relationships
Meet Meredith Angwin, the grandmother changing the energy industry
The self-published author saw what almost no one else did: the coming downfall of the American electrical system
The new wave of woman hate
Both sides have been co-opted by extremists who also happen to be misogynists
The rise of the underground free speech groups
Independent thought makes a comeback in progressive cities