What is Political Courage?
It’s more complicated than just bucking one’s party or president. What I learned from Representatives Peter Meijer, Tom Suozzi, Don…
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admin Burning the Past to Build the Future
Anthropic’s Project Panama is devouring old books for the human writing its technology is making increasingly hard to find.
The Disintegration of the U.S. Military Under Trump and Beyond
Russia’s woes in Ukraine reflect its autocracy, corruption, and dismal choices. Sounds like the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.
How Universities Won Their Battle with Trump
And why they have been able to resist his authoritarian demands while the business world capitulates.
To Mend Fences in Michigan, El-Sayed Should Stop Talking About Israel
More division is not what El-Sayed needs to stitch together a winning general election coalition.
Get Smart: Our Summer Reading Roundup
Here are some of our editors’ and reviewers’ top picks so far this year for policy and political nonfiction.
The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse
America should start treating its physician workforce as the strategic national asset it is before it’s too late.
A Better Celebration of America at 250
The new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum enshrines America’s highest ideals, however unrealized.
An American’s Unrequited Love for Iran
Historian Richard Nelson Frye devoted his life to Iran and asked to be buried in Isfahan. Hard-liners denied his final…
The Quiet Redesign of the Bachelor’s Degree
As millions hold some credit but no bachelor’s, lines between community college, high schools, and four-year institutions are blurring.