If It's Broke...
The Campaign Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Regulating the influence of television in U.S. politics is becoming less important than regulating the capacious influence of the internet—but the available methods are not remotely comparable.

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European Refugee Crisis
Under Pressure

The refugee crisis may not break the EU, but it will upend the postwar European political order.

Elections in the Anglosphere
Elections Approach in Canada

In geopolitics, the rise of both Canada and other Anglo-sphere countries like Australia is more than offsetting the continuing problems facing Great Britain.

(Not) Responding to Russia
Has the White House Given Up on Confronting Russia?

The White House appears to have decided to hunker down and hope Putin’s aggression ends up backfiring.

Enviro-Mental
Germany’s Green Folly Knows No Bounds

The energiewende has found a policy sour spot, somehow boosting coal production and electricity prices simultaneously.

Campus Kangaroo Courts
Campus Due Process Crackdown Shows Little Sign of Abating

The federal government is leaning on colleges to adopt draconian sexual assault policies, despite a growing number of court rulings that such policies are unfair to the accused.

Anne Boleyn at the Met
The Thunder ‘Round the Throne

Our cultural fascination with the Tudors continues, as Donizetti’s Anna Bolena takes the stage at the Met.

Game of Thrones
Showdown in the South China Sea

It’s a go: An unnamed U.S. official has confirmed that the United States Navy will sail ships within 12 miles of China’s reclaimed reefs in the Spratly archipelago.

A Note from WRM
Extremely Proud of My Bard Students and Colleagues

Debaters with the Bard Prison Initiative recently defeated the Harvard debate team. The story is a reminder that many young people in the United States lack the kind of mentoring, care, and attention that can make all the difference.

Keeping Up With the Purges
Xi’s Anti-Corruption Commission Nabs Sitting Governor

It’s a notable escalation in the purge.

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