The future looks Republican
The winner Democrats picked in 2020 has turned them into long-range losers
Features
Friday
‘We must defend our territory’: on the frontline of Europe’s migrant woes
Paul Wood reports from Lampedusa, Africa’s gateway to Italy
Migrant mania comes to sanctuary cities
The border crisis is now taking over New York and Chicago. Will that change anything?
Justin Trudeau is tanking Canada’s economy
You can only imagine — and recoil in horror at — the potential damage the Canadian prime minister’s economic illiteracy will unleash
Reports of the death of freedom have been greatly exaggerated
Barflies prove the irrelevance of most DC squabbles
Why ‘dirty’ coal is vital to a ‘clean’ green future
‘Any time you have energy, you have to dig something out of the ground’
The secret lives of New York’s doormen
They know your secrets — for good or ill
Americans are watching legal weed’s promise go up in smoke
More than a decade after Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana in 2012, it is apparent that legalization has mostly failed based on the very criteria put forth by its champions
Wednesday
Welcome to the new counterculture
The most talked-about song of the summer of 2023 was a stripped back political ballad by an unknown country musician
The quest for an authentic bite of Americana
Authenticity is a subtle thing. American authenticity, subtler still
Why Democrats and Republicans are so worried about third parties
Americans have been telling pollsters for months that a 2020 rematch is the last thing they want
Why we’re all populists now
If events continue to take their current course, the world in 2070 will be as different from today as that of 1970 was from 1920
Battle cry of the politically listless
We are stuck in this weird purgatory between what America used to be and what it is becoming
The Youngkin blueprint
Can Virginia be a model for Republicans nationwide?
We’re fighting the Covid censors
When there is scientific disagreement or uncertainty, the government must never pretend there is consensus and certainty
Why the new right is like the old left
For coming round on war, NAFTA and raw food, conservatives get zero credit
The problem facing US cemeteries
Cemeteries like ours ‘saw their best days prior to 1900,’ says Paul
Doombragging: the rise of sustainable boasting
The old-fashioned humble-brag looks passé next to the doombrag
Dobbs needn’t be a Pyrrhic victory for Republicans
Pro-life politicians haven’t gotten their legs under them yet
World events are not going America’s way
We need not doubling down but fundamental change