IN THE January 25, 2021, ISSUE
Back to Opposition
Republicans need to offer alternatives, not just resistance, in the Biden era.
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Articles
Back to Opposition
Republicans need to offer alternatives, not just resistance, in the Biden era.
JCPOA 2.0
A nuclear agreement with Iran must undergo the Constitution’s treaty process.
Joe Biden’s Two Left Wings
Everything about the Democrats’ politics is pushing our president-elect the wrong way.
Trump’s Environmental Progress
Biden should build on his predecessor’s deregulatory reforms.
Repeal the Pardon Power
It’s too politicized, and there are better remedies for occasional injustices.
Poland: Where the Disabled Have a Right to Be Born
The nation’s high court prohibits allegedly utilitarian eugenic abortion.
Features
Books, Arts & Manners
A Portrait of Washington’s Greatness—and His Limitations
A review of First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington, by Peter R. Henriques.
Hari Kunzru’s Red Pill and the Costs of Inhuman Political Ideologies
A review of Red Pill, by Hari Kunzru.
Humankind’s Superficial History of Humanity
A review of Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman.
John Berryman’s Letters Reveal a Confounding Catholic Faith
A review of The Selected Letters of John Berryman, edited by Philip Coleman and Calista McRae.
The Clean Sweep
Revolutions can exchange specific ills for real improvements, but never without expenditure of treasure, blood, and occasional old goods lost in the shuffle.
Soul’s New Age Spirituality
If that’s how we all go out, then it’s hard to blame our hero for making a beeline back to his mortal body.
Sections
The Great Reset
Lunatic paranoids think it means a lizard in the shape of Bill Gates is going to microchip everyone with a vaccine so we can be tracked.
ASAP!!
Senator, please review this and note changes, thanks — fundraising letter needs to drop tomorrow PM!!!!
Twenty Twenty Hindsight
If you watched the ball drop, you know what came next: tragicomic disillusionment.