IN THE October 28, 2019, ISSUE
The Brexit Knot
Britain now faces a great political and constitutional crisis.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
Don’t Tax Robots (Yet)
There’s a job apocalypse looming, but it won’t arrive for a bit.
Defiant Dave Chappelle
In the face of critics bent on suppression, he tells it as he sees it.
Features
What Is Ben Sasse Thinking?
The Nebraska senator who has clashed with Trump faces tough questions as he seeks reelection.
Energy Section
A Shale-Gas Revolution, If We Can Keep It
The boom, fostered by markets, is now threatened by politics.
The Trouble with ‘Renewable’ Energy
Wind and solar are inefficient, and their environmental benefits are oversold.
Steven Donziger and the Plot against Chevron
The outtakes had a happier ending than the movie.
Energy Means Food and Time
And much else that spectacularly raises the human standard of living.
Books, Arts & Manners
Meritocracy and Its Discontents
A review of The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite, by Daniel Markovits.
Fraying Families and the Roots of Identity Politics
A review of Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics, by Mary Eberstadt.
Big Business Is Not the Enemy of the People
A review of Goliath: The 100-Year War between Monopoly Power and Democracy, by Matt Stoller.
Sections
The Click of Doom
Analyzing a comment from an L.A. politician on how smoothie enthusiasts could cope with the new plastic-straw ban.
The Protean Superpower
When you’re a dad, your dignity goes on the bonfire: You just let the world warm its hands by the flame.