

Politics abhors a vacuum, and when patriotism slowly shrinks and evaporates, it opens the heart to other loyalties and unfamiliar hatreds.

Boris Returns
The prime minister has established a mastery of the political scene unequaled since Margaret Thatcher after her victory in the Falklands War.

Lockdown Diary, Budapest
‘Ghost trains,’ Hungary’s emergency law, face masks and social distancing, restaurants’ pivot to takeout and delivery.

Hungary’s Emergency Law Is Flawed — But It Doesn’t Herald ‘Dictatorship’
The lack of a sunset clause is worrisome, but talk of the end of democracy is overheated.



‘Goodbye to All That’: An Early Eurosceptic and Thatcher Aide Looks Back
John O’Sullivan, who was there, reviews the long history leading up to Brexit.

Brexit: The Movie
A British film about the referendum portrays brilliantly the political currents that shocked the U.K.’s ruling class.

Why Is Putin Defending the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
The Russian diplomatic and agitprop machine is denying historical truth.

Creating Conservatism Inc., Continued
National Review Institute helps preserve Bill Buckley’s legacy and sustain the movement he created.