American factories might come back but the middle class won’t follow
The new global conflict with Russia and China is playing out like a game of 3D chess, with the U.S. up in some areas but losing in others
Asian Americans are becoming more liberal as they enter the elite, while downwardly mobile Jews are moving to the right
Despite similar backgrounds, the fates of Asian and Jewish Americans are now diverging
Across the United States, critical infrastructure is breaking down and blowing up in plumes of toxic smoke
The U.S. is losing its economic advantage in a new era of global conflict
America is lurching toward collapse. Its democratic norms will bring about its final unraveling.
America’s political divide has become a religious and communal divide
The two theories of American government—one fantasy, one reality
Nonstop dramatics about the GOP threat to democracy is part of an attempt to cement Democratic Party hegemony, not ensure election integrity
It’s within metro areas, not between the states
Jeffrey Israel’s new ‘Living with Hate in American Politics and Religion’ examines why we keep trying, and failing, to ignore the hatreds that define us
East Coast and West Coast Straussians do battle for the soul of Trump’s America, or part of it
Or, the philosophy of mendacity
Comedian Randy Rainbow takes on ‘alternative facts’ in Internet Anatevka
Says the late-night show ‘doesn’t deserve an even slightly restless host’
They’re absent from the midterm elections, and quiet on today’s issues
Indeed, the ‘Israel Lobby’ can only succeed because voters’ views give politicians the incentive to seek ‘pro-Israel’ bona fides