It’s Midge Decter’s Republican Party now
The late neoconservative thinker foresaw the culture wars to come
Jacob Heilbrunn
Jacob Heilbrunn is editor of The National Interest. He lives in Washington DC
Thursday
Monday
Conservatives need to forget about Hungary
Putinism and Orbanism are toxic. It’s time to go West, posthaste
Thursday
Messenger service
First Flight to Tokyo by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers reviewed
Wednesday
Zelensky basks in the world’s spotlight
The Ukrainian president folds his country’s struggle for independence into the American saga
Sunday
Sibelius speaks
A new recording of a rare piece by Jean Sibelius is out
Monday
Get with the program
Both in Pittsburgh and Miami, I was struck by the rousing enthusiasm that the symphony and soloists evoked with their temerarious playing
Thursday
Biden’s Capitol speech shows how much he needs Trump
The 45th president offers the 46th a cartoonish enemy that he can rally the nation against
Monday
Style and substance
Réginald-Jérôme de Mans evokes a Parisian world of glittering elegance
Wynton’s works
Wynton Marsalis has not allowed tradition to become self-serving traditionalism
Tuesday
Liz Cheney’s high noon
The neocon ogress finds her voice on the January 6 commission
Thursday
Roy Hargrove doubles up
For anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is
Sunday
Steve Bannon’s indictment tightens the noose
The January 6 commission is closing the ring on Trump and his cabal
Monday
Sleep is Joe Biden’s superpower
The president is not the first world leader to know the value of a good nap
Friday
Tucker Carlson goes full truther
Next on Fox News: conspiracy theories about January 6
Monday
Vital Morgan
Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era
Saturday
The ‘Justice for J6’ rally was a total dud
The media hyped it as the next potential Capitol riot but Washington has rarely been more peaceful
Thursday
The Taliban didn’t beat America. Afghanistan did
The group has not changed its stripes. Quite the contrary
Monday
Biden embraces his inner realist
Rather than conveying weakness, Biden projected resolve
Thursday
A DC evening with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
The Belarusian opposition leader is Washington’s ‘It Girl’
Thursday
What does the future hold for Donald Trump?
It would be splendid to have Trump back in Washington even if only for the month of August
