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Trump Can Win Back Central Europe
Dalibor Rohac

He has the conservative bona fides most other Western Europeans lack.

 Published: 2018-10-15 15:11:15
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Democracy’s Ugly Brother
Martha Bayles

The shrillness, vulgarity, and shamelessness on display in the Kavanaugh spectacle will only get worse—because it is in the self-interest of our bottom-line-obsessed media to let it get worse.

 Published: 2018-10-10 09:00:31
 
Losing the Narrative
Under the Information Rubble
Peter Pomerantsev

What happens when the stories through which we make sense of the world collapse?

Published: 2018-10-09 12:19:22
 
Book Review
Crashed and Burning
Ben Judah

Adam Tooze reveals the unanswered questions still roiling European politics.

 Published: 2018-10-08 17:59:00
 
Where is Ilham Tohti?
The Courage of the Powerless versus the Craven Behemoth
Thomas O. Melia

Google’s newfound moral flexibility has real, tangible costs.

 Published: 2018-10-05 14:13:39
 
The Kavanaugh Fight
Being Morally Serious About the Supreme Court
Nils Gilman

The debate we should be having on Brett Kavanaugh turns on a crucial question: What sorts of youthful transgressions are forgivable, and which are disqualifying, for which jobs?

 Published: 2018-10-03 17:50:32
 
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Immigration, Polarization, and Identity Theft Fraud
Adam Garfinkle

Could dealing with the plague of identity theft fraud become a basis for a new, centrist effort at immigration reform?

 Published: 2018-10-03 09:00:54
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