Risky Business
Civil servants are best understood in the context of their work and the competing interests that influence it.
Articles by Michael M. Rosen
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.