

Once, small talk about the weather was safe for a New York City bus. No longer.

If The Mask Fits, Be Very Worried
Masks are emblematic, literally so, of the politicization of everything, including identity itself, that is the Left’s main instinctual drive today.

Defusing Ukraine
Either NATO membership or neutrality would be far better than war.

How Boris Johnson Can Rebound
Britain’s struggling PM is uniquely suited to lead his country’s anti-woke movement — and recover his standing in the process.


Into the Whirlwind, Part Two: Lessons Unlearned
How we project our influence and power needs a unique intellectual blend of qualities. Afghanistan was a case of getting it wrong

Into the Whirlwind: Part One
Thoughts on the fall of Kabul and what might come next

Chatting with ‘C’
Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, discusses the European Union, John le Carré, and more.

Life after Brexit
It’s the end of one of the most hard-fought struggles that has ever roiled the British political system.

Margaret Tebbit, R.I.P.
Margaret Tebbit’s life was a determined struggle not to surrender to her paralysis.