The Week

‐ Who do you think has a higher IQ — Trump, or someone who chose to work for Trump?

‐ President Trump picked a fight with Senator Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), chiding him for not seeking a third term because he “didn’t have the guts.” Corker blasted back in an incendiary interview, which ranged from wild (“Trump may be setting the U.S. on the path to World War III”) to deadly (the administration is “a reality show . . . like he’s doing The Apprentice or something”). Trump acolyte–emeritus Stephen Bannon jumped in with a call for Corker to resign. Corker …

Articles

Politics & Policy

Why Gun Control Loses

By Ramesh Ponnuru

Even with all of the hysteria surrounding the gun control debate, things are unlikely to change.

Politics & Policy

Less Gun Violence without New Gun Laws

By Robert VerBruggen

It's possible to reduce gun violence without enacting new gun laws.

Politics & Policy

The Judges and the Gerrymander

By Rick Esenberg

Although constitutional objections to partisan gerrymandering remain theoretically possible, the Supreme Court has been unable to articulate a way to determine how much partisanship is too much.

Politics & Policy

The Impossible Dream

By Gerald Frost

Catalan's government threatens to tear Spain apart.

Politics & Policy

No Nukes, They Say

By Jay Nordlinger

Does it not matter who possesses nuclear weapons, and why?

Politics & Policy

Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Semiotics

By Kevin D. Williamson

Harvey Weinstein leveraged his power to abuse women, but he wasn't the first powerful individual to act in such a way.

Features

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One Hundred Years of Evil

By Douglas Murray

Remembering the evils of communism as the Bolshevik Revolution nears its 100th anniversary.

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A War Like Many Others

By Victor Davis Hanson

Some 60 million people died in World War II. Its carnage seemed to reinvent the definition of war.

Books, Arts & Manners

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The Man in Full

By James Rosen

A collection of the late Antonin Scalia's speeches, commencement addresses, and eulogies.

Politics & Policy

An Innocent at Home

By Allen C. Guelzo

Chernow successfully recruits our sympathy for Ulysses Grant.

Politics & Policy

A Fable from a Master

By David Pryce-Jones

This is a very ambitious novel, to be read at many levels and thought about for a long time.

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Origins and Ruptures

By Sarah Ruden

The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World.

Politics & Policy

Sterile Cleverness

By Stefan Beck

'The Golden House deals not with titans but with men and women whose money can’t hide the fact that they take themselves far too seriously.'

Politics & Policy

Cruise Control

By Ross Douthat

Cruise plays the handsome guy who winks at you while he gets away with it.

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Poetry

By William W. Runyeon

WE DO NOT LIVE IN THE SHADOW We do not live in the shadow of the pyramids, or of the great cathedrals, or of the Eiffel Tower, or of the Titanic, or of ...

Happy Warrior

Curb Your Indignation

By Kyle Smith

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is back for a ninth season and is not holding back from addressing politically incorrect topics.

Letters

By NR Editors

Price Controls for Health Care? In “The Price Is Right” (October 16), Peter Laakmann gives much-needed insight into why per capita spending on health care in the U.S., although higher than ...

The Week

By NR Editors

‐ Who do you think has a higher IQ — Trump, or someone who chose to work for Trump? ‐ President Trump picked a fight with Senator Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), ...