Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming for Your Chili Crisp
What will happen to the Chinese grocery store?
Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia
His proposal to end the war isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard
I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
Grandparenting Is Changing
As grandparents take on more caregiving, their relationships with both their kids and their grandkids may start to look different.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem
The case for teaching coders to speak French
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
The Crises of Due Process
The David Frum Show speaks with former Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler about existential threats to the rule of law.
‘You Think We’re Afraid of America?’
Chinese manufacturers seem ready for a trade war.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
The Great AI Lock-In Has Begun
OpenAI is coming of age.
The Critic Who Translated Jazz Into Plain English
When Francis Davis pronounced judgment on music, it carried a great deal of weight.
The Quiet Cruelty of When Harry Met Sally
The classic rom-com invented the “high-maintenance” woman. Thirty years later, its reductive diagnosis lives on.
Who Really Runs America?
A political scientist explains why American democracy is so easily hijacked by organized minority factions.
The Real Legacy of Pope Francis
Early in his papacy, Francis made a declaration that now appears prophetic: “I want a mess.”