Viewpoints
Norms and the Law
Common Sense and Sensibility

Or, why attire matters.

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Print & Pixels
Cambodia’s Python Regime

The gradual, deadly constriction of freedom in one small country.

The View from England
Why Harry Potter Is a Tory

American liberals’ love for J.K. Rowling misses the profound British conservatism of her books.

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The Middle East
Do the Palestinians Really Want Their Own State?

The answer has to be: no, not really. They could have had a state 80 years ago, and then again and again. They kept saying no.

Correcting Conventional Wisdom
Strictly Speaking, Populists Do Not Exist

Populism is a means of doing politics, not an ideology. Getting this simple fact wrong leads well-meaning people down dangerous, anti-democratic paths.

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American Institutions
Wanted: A Self-Draining Swamp

Perhaps the most insidious threat facing Western democracies has been the progressive decline of elite accountability and responsibility.

Year In Review
That Was the (Sad) Year That Was

What have we learned during the past year, and how does it stack up against what was predicted?

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Trade Imbalances
Replacing NAFTA

NAFTA should be reconstituted and replaced. The trick is how to deepen U.S.-Canadian integration without leaving Mexico completely out in the cold.

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High Anxiety
What Happened, Indeed

How Putin’s domestic political worries fuel Russian interference in U.S. politics.

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Social Media Era
The Mirage of Populism

Populism is a great campaign tool in the age of social media—but not necessarily much more than that.

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