Abdul El-Sayed’s Slippery Argument About Israel’s Right to Exist
El-Sayed says he’s for “self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis.” But for most Israelis, that means a Jewish state.
Books
admin Facing Political Attack and Falling Enrollment, Colleges Take the Fight to … Each Other
As Americans have fewer children, competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students.
Blood on the U.S. Senate Floor
The 1856 caning of Senator Charles Sumner by a pro-slavery U.S. Representative Preston Brooks was a step on the road…
Andy Burnham’s Challenge
Andy Burnham has built his politics around Britain’s neglected industrial communities. His premiership depends on if he can deliver for…
Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Was Even Worse Than You Thought
The president's claims about foreign actors interfering in American elections were erronerous and was the implication of vote manipulation.
ICE Has Only Seemed To Be Quieter
As a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin enjoyed a reputation for confrontation and theatricality....
Trump’s Election Integrity Dud
Trump hardly proved the case against election integrity. He offered a word salad of incoherent complaints about elections.
Can Trump Steal the Midterms? Six Takeaways from Our Election Investigation
Trump is turning up the volume on his false claims of the 2020 election being stolen. But can he steal…
When Anti-Zionists Become Censors
The president of PEN America quit for reasons that are morally confused, hypocritical and, yes, casually anti-Semitic.
Brief Encounter: A Letter from a 19th Century Physician to Donald Trump
What James Parkinson, of the eponymous disease, might say to the president about his promoting infamously unhealthy coal power.