Risky Business

Civil servants are best understood in the context of their work and the competing interests that influence it.

A Princely Ransom

Is Trump Machiavellian?

Working Hypothesis

Producerism is enjoying a marked comeback.

Us vs. Them

Ben Sasse on how to solve our rifts.

Preemptive Self-Defense?

Israel uses controversial, extrajudicial tactics to target its enemies.

Shakespeare’s Tyrants

Why do otherwise proud and self-respecting people submit to a tyrant?

Moneyball Revisited

How the Astros have come this far.

Geneticist, Gentleman, Spy

The curious case of the British geneticist who became a Soviet spy.

The Jewish Army that Wasn’t

The best laid plans.

IgNobel Experiment?

The politics of science.

Barbie World

America's iconic toy has her day in court.

Revisiting the Revisionists

Can Jews be fascists?

Founding Frenemies

Adams and Jefferson's long, difficult relationship.

Tet Defensive

The definitive history of the battle for Hue.

Pure Genius

The Jews' lasting contribution to Western civilization.

Expert Advice

We've become hostile to experts and their opinions.

Known and Unknown Unknowns

The odd couple who taught the world about how people make mistakes.

Raiders of the Lost Scroll

Adventures in archaeology.

Re-fusing politics

"Fusionism" for the 21st century

Creation Story

Michael M. Rosen reviews "Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation," by Yossi Klein Halevi.

In Every Generation…

Michael M. Rosen reviews "A New Shoah," by Giulio Meotti.