NR PLUS Books Friends in High Places By Michael M. Rosen November 28, 2021 A new book explores how consequential presidential friendships have affected our nation’s history.
NR PLUS Magazine Weird English By Michael M. Rosen November 11, 2021 A review of Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme — and Other Oddities of the English Language, by Arika Okrent.
History The Key That Unlocked World War II By Michael M. Rosen June 20, 2021 The Nazis’ system of codes proved critical to their failure in the Middle East and their ultimate defeat.
NR PLUS Magazine How Flawed Social Science Leads Us Astray By Michael M. Rosen June 10, 2021 A review of The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills, by Jesse Singal.
NR PLUS Magazine The Arab Winter’s Slow Thaw By Michael M. Rosen February 4, 2021 A review of The Arab Winter: A Tragedy, by Noah Feldman.
NR PLUS Magazine The Real Obstacle to Peace in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict By Michael M. Rosen August 20, 2020 A review of The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace, by Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf.
NR PLUS Books Do Autocracies Really Have an Advantage over Democracies? By Michael M. Rosen May 22, 2020 A new book makes the case that democracies are the strongest great powers.
Religion Passover in the Time of Coronavirus By Michael M. Rosen April 8, 2020 How a focus on the family, at our Seder table and elsewhere, can reinvigorate us all in a time of crisis.
World Trump in the Holy Land By Michael M. Rosen May 23, 2017 Trump, who campaigned vigorously as more pro-Israel than Hillary Clinton, has appeared determined to mend fences with the Jewish state
National Security & Defense Israel on Fire By Michael M. Rosen November 30, 2016 Amid the rash of arsons sweeping Israel in recent weeks, there have been signs of hope for the future.