(Arnold Genthe, Art Institute of Chicago)
Communicative Insanity
The Death of the Neutral Public Sphere

The “marketplace of ideas” looks as corrupt in 2019 as the “free market” did in 2008.

William Charles, “The Present State of Our Country” (Wikimedia Commons)
Make America Whole Again
Here’s the Deal: 12 Rules to Restore Our Social Contract

America is large, and it contains multitudes—but in our age of stark polarization, there’s a basic American Deal that desperately needs representation.

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Walt Whitman at 200
The Bard and His Democracy

Walt Whitman was pen pals with Emerson, idolized Lincoln, and sought to “sing America” by finding grandeur in the everyday. Two hundred years later, he’s still an American original.

Herman Melville, Portrait by Joseph O. Eaton (Wikimedia Commons)
Herman Melville at 200
Bartleby, the Safe-Spacer

Melville’s classic story is a blast of truth from 1853 on behalf of coddled lives in 2019.

(U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)
Probabilities
Asking the Right Question on Climate Change

Since we can’t be certain that the globe is warming, and we can’t be certain that it isn’t, we are essentially in the position of a homeowner deciding whether to buy fire insurance. Buying insurance is generally a good idea.

“The Great Rapprochement” (Wikimedia Commons)
A Conversation with Andrew Roberts
Breakfast with a Brexiteer

Historian Andrew Roberts speaks with TAI about leadership—and the case for a no-deal Brexit.

John Trumbull, “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis” (Wikimedia Commons)
Brexit Wounds
Friends Without Benefits: The “Special Relationship” After Brexit

More by accident than design, the U.S.-UK partnership is at a potentially ruinous inflection point.

Photo via outreachpete.com (CC BY 2.0 licence)
Trading Places
The European Union Honors Competition More Than the “Land of the Free”

Why are cellphone plans and cable charges lower in Europe than in America? New research explains why EU trustbusters have outpaced their U.S. colleagues.

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Defending the Rimland
As China Surges, Europe Is on the Menu

China’s naval expansion and commercial push into Europe are aimed at redefining the global trade and security system to the detriment of the democratic West. Europe and the U.S. need to wake up to the challenge.

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Snubbing Ukraine
A Trump-Zelensky Meeting? On Second Thought…

Trump is holding support for Ukraine hostage to his own political interests. Zelensky should resist the pressure—and Congress should step up.

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