Marvel’s latest blockbuster serves the classic function of myth—to provide a poetic account of the political ethics of a community.

With half a century of hindsight, 1968 appears less a global turning point than an example of one of history’s signal features—irony.

Amazon is on its way to becoming the next Standard Oil, amassing inordinate market power to set the terms by which goods are bought and sold in the United States.

We are at a tipping point. Around the world, many democracies are hanging by a thread and autocrats are preparing more savage assaults on what remains of freedom.

Both parties agree that the country has serious infrastructure needs—but even with a new proposal on the table, we may end up with next to nothing.

The European Union’s foreign policy posture and the continent’s domestic policies would benefit from a dose of ruthlessness.

What do President Trump and some of his fiercest critics have in common?

A lesson from Nigeria, on balancing the blessings of modernity and the celebration of an ancestral past.

Why neoconservatives, liberal internationalists, and democracy activists are misreading the present moment.

The President finally made good on his trade threats, imposing punitive duties on Chinese and South Korean exports. American consumers and workers will foot the bill.