This Halloween, Let’s Really Think About Death
Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July commemorate events. Halloween memorializes the occasion of death.
‘I Am a Practicing Catholic and I Am a Proud Jew’
Newly opened Vatican files detail the desperate circumstances of Italian Jewish families under Fascism—including the family of the prominent American jurist Guido Calabresi.
Where Is Mike Johnson’s Ironclad Oath?
How America treats those who flirt with rebellion
What Financial Engineering Does to Hospitals
Investors borrowed money to buy health-care institutions and enrich themselves.
The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False
It does not accurately describe either the foundation of Israel or the tragedy of the Palestinians.
Why Israel Should Obey Geneva Even When Its Enemies Do Not
It has more to gain from sticking to the international conventions that govern the lawful conduct of war than it does from seeking reckless vengeance against Hamas.
Why America Doesn’t Build
Even green-energy projects get quashed by local opposition.
Hamas Is Not ISIS
The two groups are not the same, and their differences are likely to matter as this war proceeds.
Tell Me How This Ends
The Israeli operation faces the same question that ultimately vexed the American project in Iraq: What comes next?
‘How Much Blood Is Your Fun Worth?’
I saw the gun-violence epidemic—and my relationship to it as a gun owner—as an abstraction. Then a mass shooting happened in the little city where I work.
The Cost of War Will Be Counted in Children’s Lives
Thousands of kids have reportedly died since this war began. Those who survive might be scarred forever.
Will Republicans Pay a Price for Extremism?
Trump is becoming more aggressive on immigration than ever before.
We’ve Never Seen Anything Like the Menendez Indictment
The case against the New Jersey senator has the potential to reshape how America deals with foreign agents.
Biden Says Goodbye to Tweezer Economics
Forty years of plucking out regulations didn’t deliver the growth that was promised. So the administration is trying something very different.
I Love Candy. But Does It Make Me Happy?
The question of whether sugar is simply a treat or actually a nasty trick goes way beyond Halloween.
America Is Lucky That Biden’s in Charge
Everyone is looking to Washington for leadership in the Middle East.
The House Republicans’ Troubling New Litmus Test
Only election deniers need apply for speaker.
Can Germany Resist the Trump Disease?
A new far-left party now joins an older far right in threatening an enfeebled centrist consensus.
‘You Started a War, You’ll Get a Nakba’
Since the Hamas attack, settler violence against Palestinians has intensified in the West Bank.
‘If I Knew Then What I Know Now’
Jenna Ellis becomes the latest Trump functionary to learn that his emphasis on loyalty only flows one way.