France on the Verge of Civil War

The rise of Éric Zemmour.

Little Italy

Less populous, more populist.

There Goes Robert E. Lee

His eclipse in American life.

Plymouth Rock Landed on Them

The immigration crisis of 1620.

America, Cowering

What civil rights law has become.

Pledging Allegiance

Dual citizenship, dual loyalty, and inequality.

The Price of the 1980s

Debt, decline, and immigration.

The Price of the 1980s

From Saving the Earth to Ruling the World

The transformation of the environmental movement.

Why Hasn’t Brexit Happened?

The British constitution in crisis.

Hungary and the Future of Europe

Viktor Orbán's escalating conflict with liberalism.

What is Populism?

For better and for worse, a democracy movement.

Sending Jobs Overseas

Globalization’s benefits are hard to explain and its damage hard to diagnose.

Sanctimony Cities

The world of the anti-Trumpers.

The Hidden Costs of Immigration

Liberalized immigration is a policy that cannot be carried out without simultaneous injuries to democracy.

The Prince

Vladimir Putin as Machiavellian statesman.

Reckoning with Reagan

A review of Reagan: The Life, by H.W. Brands.

Letting Bygones Be Bygones

A review of American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity, by Christian G. Appy

The Browning of America

A review of Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America, by William H. Frey.

Twilight of Democracy

A senior fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Francis Fukuyama has lately been speaking ill of democracy to readers unused to hearing it spoken ill of.

Freudian Slip

Christopher Caldwell reviews the legacy of Freudian psychoanalysis

Schoolmaster to the World

Freud believed that Wilson, his head ringing with scripture, mistook himself at times for the son of God, writes Christopher Caldwell.

Information Slaves

A review of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier

From Plato to NATO

A review of On Politics: A History of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present, by Alan Ryan

Gay Rites

A review of From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage, by Michael J. Klarman

The Wealth of Nations

A review of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

Live and Let Die

A review of 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, Sonia Arrison

Black Like Me

A review of The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, by David Remnick.