Tom Nichols

American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.

Amazon’s <em>Fallout</em> show gets the weirdness of the game just right.

This election is about fortitude and endurance.

The former president is encouraging threats against his enemies—again.

The U.S. journalist is in prison because Vladimir Putin has made no pretense about using Americans as human bargaining chips.

They saved us from disaster during the pandemic—but they also made costly errors.

The convicted rioters are criminals, not hostages.

The Kremlin continues its clumsy nuclear games with threats to send Russian weapons to Belarus.

<em>True Detective</em> was the last straw: I’m done with the mystery-box genre.

Many GOP elites seem to be in disbelief about Trump’s success.

Trump versus Biden is inevitable, and everything is at stake.

While a Russian dictator’s war goes on, venal would-be autocrats game the U.S. political and legal system.

But many Americans seem to have gotten used to it.

The GOP candidate’s shot at Nikki Haley’s husband is part of a pattern.

At a rally on Saturday, the former president announced he would tell the Russians “to do whatever the hell they want” to states delinquent in their bills.

Republican obstructionism could lead to global disaster.

An unserious nation faces dire choices.