(Margaret Bourke-White, Art Institute of Chicago)
Culture Wars
The Intellectual Dark Web Cannot Defeat Identity Politics

The Intellectual Dark Web wants to defeat identity politics. But that won’t happen unless it develops a positive concept of identity.

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Israeli Elections
The Future of Bibi Netanyahu

Bibi is set for another term as Israel’s Prime Minister—and indictments are unlikely to cut it short.

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Class Coalition
The Return of William McKinley’s Republican Party

Republicans are struggling with the question: What kind of party do we want to be? They might look to William McKinley for guidance.

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Crony Capitalism
Misdiagnosing the Chinese Infrastructure Push

China’s Belt and Road Initiative does not pose a military or strategic threat to the West so much as an economic one.

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What Once Was
Nathan Glazer—Merit Before Meritocracy

The perambulating path of this son of humble Jewish immigrants into America’s intellectual and political elites points to how much we have overcome—and lost—over the past century.

(Ivan Albright, Art Institute of Chicago)
Demand Transparency
The Online Tempest, And How To Tame It

The internet is rapidly eroding what Joseph Pieper once called “the right to our share in reality.” We won’t recover that share unless we start insisting on transparency.

(Augustin Pajou, Art Institute of Chicago)
Brexit Watch
The Strange Death of a Special Relationship

The U.S.-UK special relationship is on life support—and Brexit may well pull the plug.

Ukraine’s Elections
Frustrated Voters Could Elect Comic In Time of War

Fed up with the same old politicians and disgusted by broken promises of reform, Ukraine’s voters are seriously contemplating a risky choice.

George Wesley Bellows, “The Germans Arrive” (Art Institute of Chicago)
Old Problems New Perils
Germany: The Pacifist Menace

Don’t let its military weakness fool you; Germany wields tremendous power in Europe, and Brexit will only exacerbate that.

(Aubrey Schwartz, Art Institute of Chicago)
The Enemy of The Perfect
Harm Reduction as a Viable Public Policy Aim

How far do we want nanny statism to go? And in which directions?

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