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After months of seclusion and death, the boredom of normal life might once again become a rather attractive proposition.

Our national life is about to change in ways that we can hardly fathom. What’s needed now is the ability to imagine—and be motivated by—the worst-case scenario.

America’s experience in WWII can and should inform our response to the coronavirus.

For Jews, this is the perennial question. A new book explores how Jewish communities around the world are navigating it.

Coronavirus is Orban’s Reichstag fire.

COVID-19 could accelerate America’s decline as a superpower. But we are not powerless to avert the worst-case scenario.

From 18^th-century Britain to Trump-era America, concerns about geopolitical weakness have gone hand in hand with sexual panic. Rarely do the worst-case scenarios come to pass.

Comparing diasporic Jewish and overseas Chinese history sheds light on Singapore’s diplomatic situation.

The failure of the Chinese Communist Party to protect the world from COVID-19 is likely to reverse China’s recent gains in power and prestige.