World The Education of a Cynic By Brian Stewart October 5, 2019 Samantha Power’s new memoir unwittingly crystalizes the weakness and amorality of Obama’s foreign policy.
NR PLUS Books Anti-Semitism: The Fight That Never Flags By Brian Stewart September 13, 2019 Bari Weiss’s book is a bold summons to confront humanity’s oldest hatred.
Film & TV For Sama: A Chronicle of the Syrian Tragedy By Brian Stewart August 10, 2019 In a wrenching documentary, a young mother tells the story of Syria’s resistance—and the forces that crushed it.
World Both Sides Now: A Review of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor By Brian Stewart July 7, 2018 A new book insists on accommodating both Israel’s legitimacy and the Palestinians’ national sovereignty.
Politics & Policy John McCain: Homo Americanus By Brian Stewart July 24, 2017 Anyone who cares about the American idea should mourn McCain’s diagnosis.
Politics & Policy Republicans Used to Put Ordinary Workers First—and They Should Again By Brian Stewart June 26, 2017 Ronald Reagan was much less of an ideological small-government true believer than today’s Republicans.
National Security & Defense The Beginning of Democratic Nationalism — or the End of Europe By Brian Stewart March 11, 2017 With sympathy for his subject, James Kirchick in his book The End of Europe surveys the continent in crisis. A review.
Culture The Morality of Using Military Power By Brian Stewart January 7, 2017 In his book The Big Stick, Eliot A. Cohen argues for the moral value of American military power. A review.
Politics & Policy In Defense of the Tribe By Brian Stewart May 23, 2016 The life of the tribe has held enduring appeal over the centuries for those who found civilization stifling.
Culture A Liberal Atheist and a Liberal Muslim Discuss the Problems of Contemporary Islam By Brian Stewart October 7, 2015 On the new book, “Islam and the Future of Tolerance,” co-written by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz.