4 Principles for Reopening the Economy

The System Held

Trump Is Gone, but Democracy Is in Trouble

Democracy on the Defense

After the Cold War ended, it looked like democracy was on the march. But that confident optimism was misplaced. With the benefit of hindsight, it is...

Just Run Out the Clock on Trump

Why a 50–50 Senate Might Be the Worst of Both Worlds

Why Trump Might Just Fade Away

President Donald Trump has made one thing painfully clear: After he grudgingly leaves the White House, he will keep doing what he can to stay in the...

The Three Biases Screwing Up America’s Coronavirus Response

Over the summer, parts of the United States seemed to have a grip on the pandemic. New York and much of the Northeast, for instance, recorded...

America Won

As president, Donald Trump has caused needless suffering on a staggering scale and subjected the country’s democratic institutions to their most...

Hate Wokeness? Vote Biden.

A number of influential commentators who firmly opposed Donald Trump in 2016 recently announced their intention to vote for him in 2020. Nearly all of...

How the U.S. Could Prove Itself Exceptional This November

Many opponents of Donald Trump look upon their country in shame. What does it say about the United States that someone like Trump could not only win a...

The Coming Crisis of Legitimacy

In normal times, it would seem outlandish to worry that an American president might refuse to concede defeat upon losing his bid for reelection. This...

What Biden Understands That the Left Does Not

If Biden wins, it’ll be because he’s too old and offline to abide by the strictures that now hamper much of the Democratic Party. All through the...

The Dictators’ Last Stand

It has been a good decade for dictatorship. The global influence of the world’s most powerful authoritarian countries, China and Russia, has grown...

American Passports Are Useless Now

Becoming a United States citizen was meaningful to me for a great number of reasons. German by birth, I had come to feel at home in America, and to...

Cancel College

Despite the continued spread of the coronavirus, many colleges around the country plan to welcome students back to campus over the coming weeks....