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brave new world
Is Globalized Electioneering the New Normal?

Those most fearful of a “world government” are increasingly happy to globalize politics in a different way.

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Fiction and Faith
A Catholic Novel for a Post-Truth World

What should a religious novel look like in the age of Silicon Valley and Donald Trump? Randy Boyagoda’s riotous satire Original Prin offers an answer.

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Skills-Based Immigration
Good Idea, Bad Reasons, Worse Context

On the merits, Trump’s push for skills-based immigration is sound policy. But he may end up discrediting it with his own bigotry.

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A Message from the Editors
Announcing a Short Summer Break

We’re taking a one-week hiatus starting August 19—but we’ll be back in full force in the fall.

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The Great Decoupling
Don’t Call It a Trade War

What’s happening between the United States and China is far bigger than a mere trade dispute. It’s the first step in the long march to a new world order.

“Eclipse of the Sun” by George Grosz
Eclipse of the Sun
Can a 1920s Painting Help Us Today?

Introducing our September/October 2019 issue—and a special offer for new subscribers.

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Intelligence Failures
The “Deep State” Debate We Deserve (and Probably Won’t Get)

Trump’s bullying of the intelligence community over the Russia investigation is dangerous—and the Democrats need to look beyond Mueller. Because Putin (and others) aren’t going to stop now.

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At the Movies
The Populist Parable of A Face in the Crowd

Elia Kazan’s 1957 classic is a prescient warning about the power of demagogues, which remains all too relevant more than 60 years later.

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Threat Perception and Tech Policy
How to Jump-Start America—and Why 


A new book makes a strong case for a national push to spur innovation—but it fails to connect dots when it comes to the China threat.

Rebuilding Notre-Dame
It Ought to Be Gothick

The controversy over restoring Notre-Dame reflects a fallacy of the modern age: the idea that an old building becomes “inauthentic” if it is seamlessly restored.

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