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What a different titanic force bestriding politics for a seeming eternity can tell us about the Trump years.
A Lesson in Due Process on Campus
What the Washington Post’s inconsistency can teach us about fair hearings for accused students.
The U.S. Navy, America’s First, Best Strategy
In his must-read new book, Jerry Hendrix offers a lucid, accessible argument for the future of U.S. naval power.
The Conservative Reckoning Doesn’t Have to End Badly
Between elitism and populism is a middle ground that could renew a uniquely American strain of conservatism.
Joe Biden’s First Mistake
Biden doesn't have to make governing hard for himself. But he probably will, if his term's inauspicious start is anything to go on.
Biden Doubles Down on Amnesty
His sweeping immigration plan doesn’t even bother pretending to implement enforcement provisions.
How the British Monarchy Lost Its Power
And what Edmund Burke, that titan of conservative thought, had to do with it.
The Winter Show’s Art from the Hinterlands
Tempting fare from dealers in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Virginia, and rural England.
Dissent, Patriotism, and Insurrection: A Complicated History
We should stop acting like every dissenter is a terrorist-in-waiting. We should also call out actual insurrection when we see it, on both sides.