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TAI Conversations
“There Is A Moral Facet to Caring About the Arts”

The director of the Phillips Collection discusses her career in the art world, how art can nourish the soul and mind, and the challenges of leading America’s first museum of modern art as it nears its centennial.

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TAI Conversations
How to Fix Globalization—for Detroit, Not Davos

The former Treasury Secretary speaks with Irwin Stelzer and Jeffrey Gedmin on China, “decoupling,” reforming capitalism, and the shape of a post-pandemic fiscal policy.

Photo by Ed Hinchliffe on Unsplash
The Plight of Asylum-Seekers
Freedom of Movement Is a Right, Not a Privilege

Properly crafted restrictions are justified during the pandemic, but abusive policies are proliferating around the world.

One Year Later
Volodymyr Zelensky’s Moment of Reckoning

After one year in power, Ukraine’s inexperienced President has made a series of unforced errors and succumbed to the same interest groups he once decried. It is time for a unity government to right the ship.

Dustjacket image via Erik Ayen on Twitter
A Literary Centennial
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Paradise Lost

In 1920, a young Fitzgerald wrote the definitive novel about the Big Man on Campus, one that both romanticized and satirized university life—and set him on the path to greatness.

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A Cinematic Centennial
A Century of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene’s Expressionist classic still retains its power 100 years later, with a timely parable of authority and social control.

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A Judicious Review
The Admirable Restraint of the Supreme Court

Is the highest court in the land prone to judicial activism, or antidemocratic overreach? Not so, says Keith Whittington, in a useful new history that confounds partisan narratives on both sides.

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No to Nukes?
The German Left’s New Nuclear Freak-Out

After 50 years, the Social Democrats want to sabotage Berlin’s role in NATO’s nuclear deterrent force by invoking wild-eyed Donald Trump. But who wants to part with America’s strategic umbrella?

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Why England Slept
How the Young JFK Processed a Historical Earthquake

In 1940, the future President tried to understand how England had appeased Hitler and sleepwalked into war. Might his analysis teach us something today?

Photo from @JulianRoepcke
Western Blind Spots
Filling the Balkan Power Vacuum

Western inattention has created opportunities for China and Russia to make mischief in the Western Balkans. It’s time we put an end to it.

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