IN THE February 22, 2021, ISSUE
Our Illiberal Moment
The virtues that our political order requires are in decline.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
COVID Cuomo
New York’s governor made a deadly policy mistake and doesn’t want to talk about it.
The Cost of Biden’s Ban on Oil and Gas Leasing
Not drilling has economic and environmental consequences.
The Emergent Urban Anti-progressivism
Looking at Trump’s electoral performance in big cities.
Don’t Tax Prescription Opioids
It thwarts treatment for pain and makes the black market deadlier.
Features
Books, Arts & Manners
A Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A review of A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going, by Michael Wooldridge.
Ravenna: Jewel Amid the Ruins of Empire
A review of Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin.
Sign Language
Politics is also the new patriotism, which must be why so many American flags seem wrongly hung.
The Little Things: An Old-School Whodunit
It toys reasonably effectively with the expectations set by all those predecessors.
Sections
Anachronism on 34th Street
The office skyscraper was a unique American art form, an expression of strength, ingenuity, beauty, and faith in the future.
In the United States District Court for the District of New York
Louis Farrakhan, Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Cruise, et al. v. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Laser Focus
It ought to be a straightforward thing for elected Republicans to reject Marjorie Taylor Greene’s repugnant claims.