Essays
Amazon Studios
Sartre on the Tube
The Afterlife Will Be Televised

Two quirky comedies about death translate the gloom of French existentialism to the cheerier realm of American television.

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After Pittsburgh
Terrorism in America, Again

After the events of this past week, there can be no denying that domestic political violence is on the rise—and that the President is more interested in stoking divisions than healing them.

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Next Moves
The Iran Deal Pullout: How Will Tehran Respond?

And what can the Trump Administration do to shape Iran’s choices?

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Trick or Treat
Quietly Yours

The scariest radio program ever broadcast on American airwaves.

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Orthodoxy in Crisis
A New Great Schism

The recent split in the Orthodox Church is a case of church politics following geopolitics—and of the Kremlin reaping what it has sown.

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The Middle East
Russia’s Syria Problem

The Russians are discovering that success on the battlefield doesn’t automatically translate to achievement of political goals.

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New Left 2.0
The Progressivism Pendulum

The Democratic Party has swung too far toward the idealism and activism of the New Left. To find success beyond the midterms, Democrats should look to the hard-headed politics of an older progressivism.

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Civilizational Erosion
Yes, It Can Happen Here

National cohesion and the growing risk of state failure in the West.

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Neo-Feudalism Reconsidered
The Political Economy of a Zombie Nation

What characterizes today’s Russia more than banal corruption or inadequate rule of law is the rebirth of feudal attitudes between rulers and ruled, and the reconstitution of a multilayered, highly stratified social structure.

After Pittsburgh
The New Jewish Question and the New Jew Hatred

A new permutation of the oldest hatred manifested itself yesterday in Pittsburgh.

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