September 2018

Andrew Ferguson reads the Trump-era bestsellers so you don’t have to.

The new Laver Cup competition is a blast, writes Tom Perrotta—but will it last beyond Roger Federer’s reign?

Ian Lindquist on the turn away from plainness in church design during the Victorian era.

How science fiction and rock music shaped one another: Mark Hemingway reviews Jason Heller’s ‘Strange Stars.’

A Democratic senator draws scrutiny to the July 1 event, but the location doesn’t appear to match Ford’s description and a partygoer doesn’t recall her ever being there.

At some point in the fall of 2017, when nearly every day brought news of another famous man disgraced as a result of allegations of sexual misconduct, I remarked flippantly to a liberal friend that the sexual revolution had not worked out the way we were told it would. “Oh, come on,” he responded.…

Don't look now, but gas prices are climbing.

Readers of The Scrapbook will remember New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen, author of some of the most widely praised and dumbest columns ever written. Quindlen stepped down from the Times in 1995 in order to pursue a career as a writer of sentimental novels, and it has to be said she’s done…

Jeff Flake called for such an inquiry before voting the nominee out of committee.

Calls for one-week FBI investigation into allegations against the SCOTUS nominee.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Really?

Also: Revisiting a 1920s art hoax, and more.

Vote is scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Christine Blasey Ford delivered sincere testimony and deserves respect and empathy. But the burden of proof was not met.

Officials in Fairfax County, Va., recently wondered why so few college students take advantage of the county’s absentee ballot program, so they did what government officials normally do when they encounter a perplexing question: They convened a “focus group.” That’s a fancy-sounding way of saying:…

Tons of Data is Rolling in from The Upshot’s Polling Project

Ian Buruma hoped to stimulate discussion about #MeToo.

There’s a worse way to deal with members of a restive voting bloc than fight them. It’s called appeasement. And yes, that’s the one that Republicans chose to boost Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

John Podhoretz on the creaky, predictable return of the ’90s sitcom ‘Murphy Brown.’

Everyone in America should be angry about what happened in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

South Carolina senator says Ford and Kavanaugh are both victims.

Choosing the prosecutor to run the Republican part of Christine Blasey Ford's questioning was the smartest thing the Senate has done in months.

It would have been too much news for the world to handle in one day.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Nope. No. Uh uh.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for the Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are underway. Here are his prepared remarks.

Also: Against Banned Books Week, a “snappy” history of Rome, and more.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for the Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are underway. Dr. Ford says she is "terrified."

On this latest episode, the Substandard discusses The House With a Clock in Its Walls and the YA adaptation genre. Does anyone want to watch a Harry Potter movie without Harry? JVL reveals his pillow obsession. Sonny asks about the existence of a Dark Sleep Web. Vic recounts watching Coma.

DeVos seeks to remove administrative approval for religious schools’ waiver from the 1972 gender parity law.

The return of the Bush Doctrine?

Poised to miss a key deadline for a renegotiated NAFTA, the White House threatens to leave Canada in the cold.

A swing through the best/worst realistic scenarios for both parties.

Perceptions from within have improved, but it's a big, big country.

"People want fame, they want money, whatever."

What?

New series of polls by Ipsos has no good news for Republicans.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

And neither the nominee nor the Judiciary Committee have seen the results of Ford's polygraph test.

Also: Medieval wellness tips, a defense of Ian Buruma, and more.

We still don't have any corroborating witnesses to either of the accusations against Brett Kavanaugh.

It's hard to say.

Understanding where the burden of proof really rests.

We haven’t “wiped out” ISIS. Or Al Qaeda. Not even close.

Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh, and the conversations we need to have.

I seem to recall an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which he predicts that the world will be subsumed not by fire or flood, but by an overwhelming mound of common pins. It hasn’t happened so far, but that may be because we have shifted the cultural weight, as it were, to a far more voluminous…

The colorful democratic socialist will be a backbencher in her conference—but could be catnip for the press corps.

Two very different Republicans try to win in the same state in a rough year.

The promises of yesteryear blossom into the cruel satire of today.

Mitch McConnell predicts that the judge will be confirmed.

The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and it is undertaking a widespread crackdown.” So thundered a Washington Post report on August 29. There’s just one problem: It isn’t…

The president vows to keep sanctions in place 'until denuclearization occurs.'

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Also: William Faulkner at the post office, the poetry of the mosh pit, and more.

With Mahomes and Fitzpatrick putting up video-game numbers early, Clay Matthews and fellow pass rushers show why it's that much tougher to slow them down. Plus: On prep schools and fraternities in light of the Brett Kavanaugh saga.

It’s hard for Republicans to talk about the economy when Trump’s talking about everything else. They should try anyway.

The pros and cons of ‘mandated reporting.’

St. John’s College lowers tuition, a lot.

Germany cannot decide whether migrants or xenophobes are a bigger threat.

What if she's telling the truth as she remembers it, but her memory is faulty?

Supreme Court nominee addresses allegations against him in Fox News Interview

Not a McNaughton painting.

SCOTUS nominee rails against ‘character assassination’ in letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A bunch of hogwash.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

It's used to measure the man's influence on business—but it applies to how he changes what happens on the golf course, too.

Also: Has the podcast bubble burst?

In February, one reporter filed to have information about Carter Page’s warrant released. Now? The paper worries about ‘security concerns.’

Woman tells the New Yorker the nominee exposed himself to her at a party at Yale in the early 1980s.

If only her Democratic colleagues would speak as plainly.

After six days of consulting her memory and her lawyer, Deborah Ramirez remembers something Brett Kavanaugh supposedly did that no one else present says happened.

The late justice showed how originalism was a favorable philosophy to criminal defendants.

On a bookcase in my office here at The Weekly Standard may be found a well-thumbed copy of a volume entitled Time Inc.: The Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise, 1923-1941 (1968) by Robert T. Elson.

Washington fiddles while the entitlement problem metastasizes

A surprisingly competitive Senate race in New Jersey.

Caitrin Keiper on America’s love affair with amateur advice.

John Wilson reviews ‘The Monarchy of Fear’: Are our lives and our politics really dominated by fear?

Thomas Vinciguerra on the odd tale of the Texan who tried to walk around the world backward.

One hundred years ago, she united symmetry and conservation in physics.

The comedy-thriller is memorable despite its forgettable name.

Christine Blasey Ford has claimed that four other people attended a small gathering at which she was allegedly assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh. Three of those people, PJ Smyth, Mark Judge, and Kavanaugh, have already denied any recollection of attending such a party.

"This is not a yes."

Bernie Taupin’s lyrics make him whole.

Bailouts, inflation, and tariffs—oh my!

Robert Francis O’Rourke is running against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. You may know the challenger better by the name Beto O’Rourke. The Scrapbook is generally reluctant to bring up the names and nicknames of public figures (after what Idaho senator Mike Crapo must have endured in middle school, he’ll…

Source tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that comment about wearing a wire was ‘sarcastic.’

It’s almost like they would rather delay and disrupt the process for political reasons.

Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, Politico's Alex Isenstadt joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the latest developments in the Kavanaugh nomination and whether or not Rep. Ron DeSantis will pay a price for disagreeing with President Donald Trump over his Hurricane Maria tweets.

Rarely have we witnessed so many people pretend a controversy was about one thing when it was so obviously about another. Since September 16, when the name of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser became known—Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychologist, alleges that he sexually…

Also: What happened to Dinesh D’Souza, Salvator Mundi in Baton Rouge, and more.

So much for restraint.

Can conservatives 'win' if Trump withdraws the nomination?

Eyebrows were raised in Washington when President Trump responded to an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The president didn’t mention the accuser. He said the Senate Judiciary Committee would go through “a process and hear everybody out [and] I’d like…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, aka the richest guy alive, recently announced plans to donate $2 billion to create a network of preschools. “The child will be the customer,” says Bezos. Maybe we’re old-fashioned, but the idea of pupils as “customers” doesn’t lead us to believe that Bezos has a firm…

On Tuesday, September 11, as Hurricane Florence lumbered through the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, we received a text from a Weekly Standard colleague asking how long it would take for the hurricane to become political. Somebody would blame Trump or the GOP for something—it was just a matter of…

A lot of those spontaneous calls from constituents are the work of lobbyists.

Impulsively acting on incomplete information is a political artform.

What Americans think of Trump's Supreme Court Nominee

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Also: The OED asks teenagers about their “particularly elusive” language, and more.

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On this latest episode, the Substandard discusses The Predator and how on earth it ever got the green light. JVL makes the case for Chav King Arthur. Sonny hates his free earphones. And Vic is concerned about street walkers. Plus a review of the new Captain Marvel trailer!

The author of a new book on the tool’s legacy describes its almost mythical authority.

The ‘pay for slay’ program continues.

Go with the ‘Goldilocks approach.’

It's a real possibility, and it's worth gaming out

Senate Judiciary chairman has a strong hand to keep things on schedule.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Also: J. K. Rowling’s latest reviewed, a definition of “late” capitalism, and more.

Bloomberg’s running again. And why not?

Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate before she appears in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Hillary Clinton would never have spoken at a political venue—oh. Nevermind.

When the future becomes more finite.

Mencken mirrors our own complexities.

The highest office in the land has become deeply bureaucratized.

The right-wing populist got his start with puerile antics at the ‘Dartmouth Review.’ American politics has finally caught up.

He’s still the favorite, but it’s not risk-free.

Plus, why you should always read the story.

With a big suit against Harvard looming, public opinion continues to disapprove of race-based college admissions.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

New hearings, little reason for hope.

Incorrect captions distort one’s perception.

Also: Self-published novel makes longlist in France, a review of David Ferry’s Aeneid, and more.

On Monday night, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that Christine Blasey Ford would have the opportunity to testify at a public hearing next Monday about her accusation that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when the two were high-school students, and Kavanaugh will have a chance to…

Plus: Patrick Mahomes already looks like a star. And what's with Rudy Giuliani doing one job when he's listed as having a million of them?

That means you, Marco Rubio.

Announcing Charles Krauthammer's final book.

A guide for the perplexed.

The anti-immigration nationalists come up short.

The vultures are circling in Syria.

Now that one woman has claimed that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her while the two teens were drunk at a high school pool party, others from Georgetown Prep’s class of 1983 are being urged to tell tales to help ruin his chances of winning confirmation.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Also: National Book Award longlists, and more.

Is Trump's adviser going rogue, or have we seen this show before?

What to expect from Tuesday's summit between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in.

Catholic scandals past and present

To no one’s surprise, Russia is the main suspect in the mysterious attacks on U.S. diplomatic personnel in Cuba. Since 2016, 26 people at our embassy in Havana have experienced sudden and severe cognitive difficulties, and intelligence officials believe it’s due to attacks engineered by agents of…

Analyzing the senator's ethics reform package.

Keep the ‘dead donor rule.’

A WGBH News poll finds nearly three in four Americans disagree with Supreme Court rulings allowing race as one factor.

We asked more than 1,000 adults about their views on higher education. Here's how they answered our questions.

Senate minority leader Charles Schumer called for a halt to the confirmation proceedings in response, but a spokesman for Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley said a committee vote this week had not been delayed.

Grant Wishard on why four young men risked prison to steal rare books from a Kentucky university library.

Christoph Irmscher reviews Benjamin Balint’s book on the international legal battle over the fate of Kafka’s manuscripts.

As the season kicks off, Michael Nelson offers a roundup of new and forthcoming books

The politics of protectionism mean it's here to stay.

Don’t do away with drug rebates.

Mark Judge says he learned he was named in the letter during an interview with the New Yorker.

I signed it. Here's how it went down.

It turns out, headlines matter.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

“Time is a flat circle.”

Trump's former campaign manager pleads guilty to two different conspiracy counts before his second trial.

Also: René Girard’s turn to God, John Wilson on Donald Hall, and more.

But Cynthia Nixon congratulates herself for pushing him leftward.

No matter what Teen Vogue says.

Here's how the model reacted to the latest wave of new polls.

Senate Democrats disgrace themselves again.

The Scrapbook has never been to South Yorkshire, England, but we are eager to go. The place is evidently so free of crime that the police have nothing to do but make sure people aren’t jerks to each other. The South Yorkshire Police recently advised residents on the subject of “hate crimes”: “In…

Last week, Barack Obama finally did what Democratic activists had been desperately hoping he would do—he reproached his successor ahead of the midterm election. It was a long, discursive oration, as Obama’s orations usually are, and it contained lots of impromptu gibes and derisive harrumphs that…

The Trump administration is often accused of swinging wildly—and sometimes with reason. But the speech delivered by national security adviser John Bolton on September 10 was very well aimed. It was a sustained warning to the officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), delivered at…

Antiquarian-minded visitors to Georgetown may have heard of the Halcyon House, a mansion on Prospect Street. The majestic Federal-style structure was built in the 1780s by Benjamin Stoddert, the first secretary of the Navy, and dramatically expanded in the 1900s by Albert Clemens, the nephew of…

The spectacle of protesters jumping out of their chairs at regular intervals to shout incoherent slogans during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings did not lend itself to the view that those who oppose the judge’s confirmation are especially clearheaded in their beliefs. Their antics, if we may speak…

In our latter years The Scrapbook has become rather a sucker for books about Ronald Reagan. We own a couple of shelves of them and admit to enjoying even the mediocre ones, so highly do we esteem the modern era’s greatest president.

Pope Francis, Cardinal Wuerl, Theodore McCarrick, and the crisis of a church divided.

When Christopher Steele was hired to compile his “dossier” on Donald Trump in 2016, he already had an extensive history of presenting private intelligence analysis to U.S. policymakers. The former British spy had for years been funneling reports on Russia and Ukraine to senior State Department…

Her actions should be met with skepticism.

Plus, Cleveland's greatest bar chain turns 35.

When satire becomes false information.

Pretty much as you'd expect.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Also: A history of “cool,” and more.

On this latest episode, the Substandard discusses Peppermint and the curious career of Jennifer Garner. Sonny bids farewell to his favela, JVL shares his thoughts on Serena Williams, and Vic recounts his recent marathon (actually a 5K). Plus a Flash update, 1980s ninja movies, and tales from the…

It’s a party of scoundrels and ideologues.

Rep. Tom Cole says problem is similar to 2014 but the problem has a different cause.

The film is a poor example of what education should look like. But there’s a better one in the movie industry, featuring a classics teacher named William Hundert.

John Podhoretz on retelling for a new generation the story of Eichmann’s capture and trial.

And how he’s exploiting anti-Semitism to fuel his rise.

Or is it too early to talk about it?

Probably not.

Michael Warren reviews Bob Woodward’s book about life in Trump World

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Aggression in the pursuit of policy victories is no vice.

Also: Peter Hitchens reviews George R. R. Martin, Reno reviews Goldberg, and more.

Woke emotionalism is not a substitute for sober policy debate.

“The question is, ‘Who can you trust?’”

On the joys of a cheap amusement park.

The government says there is evidence strongly suggesting that Harvard may be engaging in 'racial balancing.'

Lessons of fidelity to something greater than a ruler.

Running for local office in Trump era.

Plus, introducing the Secretary of Swagger.

Ways and Means members suggest a trade deal with Mexico might not be legal under fast-track authority.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Michael Moore's film festival is getting sued for stiffing a contractor.

And widely misunderstood.

Also: Matt Labash visits a right-wing street artist, Royal domestic lives, congressional violence, and more.

Plus: Politicians as Plagiarists.

Just Do It™. Whatever it is.

We've made a few changes that increase the model's accuracy.

As she uses her newfound fame to stump for other candidates, is she showing her true colors?

Voting by mail eliminates the privacy we've always known.

Exaggerating the threat from Moscow.

The PLO was a malign presence in official Washington. Good riddance.

Plus, since Congress has solved all the big problems...

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Ixnay

Keith Hernandez, identity politics, democratic socialism—and a young candidate dogged by scandal.

Also: How not to get a raise, internships in America, and more.

The media exec never denied saying that Trump was good for business.

Calls the judge's record on administrative law 'particularly impressive.'

If Europe’s establishment parties won’t deal with immigration, voters will find a party that will.

Message to Moon.

Funny how leftist academics mistreat their underlings.

In Iowa, the presidential campaigns never really stop.

Beijing’s nefarious activities in the United States are very worrying.

Street artist Sabo may just be ‘some guy who lives in some dump,’ but he is taking on and taking down the likes of Jimmy Kimmel and Meryl Streep

What was really going on at the U.S. Open

Serena Williams isn't a victim of anything except for being Serena Williams.

How de Gaulle turned himself into a symbol.

James M. Banner Jr. reviews Joanne B. Freeman’s book on violence and bloodshed in the antebellum Congress.

Katrina Gulliver reviews ‘The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World’ by Sarah Weinman

Christine Rosen on the high fashion and low blows in ‘When Life Gives You Lululemons’

The Nebraska senator tweeted about it on Saturday.

Senate Democrats and their allies are attacking Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for saying the words “abortion-inducing drugs” at his confirmation hearing earlier this week. He used the phrase while discussing a case in which conscientious objectors sought an exemption under the Religious…

“Oh, when will they ever learn?” asked Pete Seeger in 1955. Surely not by 2008, when Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest bank in America, was forced to file for bankruptcy after 158 years in business because Wall Street titans had failed to learn the lesson of crises past: that they must all hang…

Yes—but not for the reasons you might think.

Conservatives pounce, the media fiddles.

Senator's home state of Wisconsin has been hit hard by tariffs.

Yes. And no.

Political archaeologists will have plenty of specimens and fragments to examine in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. The incivility that greeted the Supreme Court nominee was among the worst in modern times—no small achievement while the Haynsworth, Bork, and Thomas hearings live in…

Pompeo, Coats, Pence, Mattis, and others have issued statements distancing themselves from the article.

Huh?

Also: A visit to the Pilotta museum complex, the films of Hal Ashby reconsidered, and more.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

If you're putting yourself in the shoes of the author, consider the possible audiences he or she was trying to reach.

A case study in how the country creates, disseminates, and consumes information.

It’s stupider than you can imagine.

One of the most revealing moments in the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kava­naugh involved Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). He said Republican justices overwhelmingly side with corporations and right-wing interests in cases before the High Court. And so does Kava­naugh in his votes on…

On August 30, the New Orleans Times-Picayune ran an unsigned editorial criticizing an editorial the same paper ran a century before. The offending piece: “Jass and Jassism,” a denunciation of jazz music published in 1918. “Why is the jass music, and, therefore, the jass band?” New Orleans’s paper…

We live in an age of hyper-trivial faux-controversies, almost all of them generated (if we speak just a little uncharitably) by overeducated progressives and left-wing politicos. If you follow politics on Twitter, you’ll encounter so many of these moronic spats that you may be tempted to despair of…

Virginia GOP Senate nominee Corey Stewart is one of Donald Trump’s most consistent and fervent supporters. The native Minnesotan is known for his sympathy for conspiracy theories and for his flirtations with the “alt right.” Conservatives in Virginia have watched with amazement as Stewart cheers…

Sally Rooney is a young Marxist novelist from Ireland, the author of Conversations with Friends, a celebrated debut novel. She has just published a second novel, Normal People, and already it’s a bestseller. Both are being adapted for the big screen. Rooney is among the most successful millennial…

Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has signed a deal with Nike in which he will appear in some of the company’s “Just Do It” advertisements. Kaepernick of course pioneered the practice of protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. The…

This spring, not long after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the Department of Education released a report showing that during the 2015-2016 school year there were an astounding 240 school shootings. The figure has been repeated endlessly by gun control activists and…

Tehran’s growing influence in Iraq is no accident, newly declassified interrogation transcripts show

I’ve decided not to seek reelection.” These words are spoken far too seldom in American politics, but few have spoken them with better reason than Rahm Emanuel. In his nearly eight years as Chicago’s mayor, he has failed by almost any metric.

And spikes one more argument against his nomination

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Sorry, liberal activists

Now in the final stretch, Cynthia Nixon pivots to her fanbase.

Also: The Atlantic’s new Ideas section, the return of French electro-pop, and more.

On this latest episode, the Substandard discusses Amazon's new series, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. The cohosts rank Tom Clancy movies and JVL ranks the books. Flash gets benched, Vic prepares for a 5K, and Sonny gets a new pair of shoes. Plus a review that is too hot to handle!

What's really going on here?

Tom Clancy’s hero returns in a new Amazon series, but with less geeky charm. Nicholas H. Loya explains.

Time for Republicans to pull up their big-boy pants.

While most folks were at the beach or on family road trips in the run up to Labor Day, the U.S. Army was activating its Army Futures Command (AFC) in Austin, Texas. The new Army headquarters will lead the service’s multi-billion dollar modernization effort, pulling together the various Army…

Betsy DeVos undoes a major campus injustice.

Is Tom Carper next?

"Come on!"—Gob Bluth

It’s only been online for a few hours, but the anonymous New York Times op-ed penned by a “senior official in the Trump administration” has set off a frenzy of guessing about who is claiming to be one of the people “working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst…

She was only off by hundreds of thousands.

Plus, what are evangelicals afraid of losing?

This is normal. Everything is fine.

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Kiss up, kick down.

Also: Deirdre McCloskey reviews Why Liberalism Failed, J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction, and more.

President Trump says that the Department of Justice had been investigating Collins and Hunter since the Obama years.

After President Donald Trump threatened members of Congress over the weekend that he would “simply terminate” the North American Free Trade Agreement if Congress interferes with his ongoing trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady avoided taking a firm…

“Cancel Brett Kavanaugh,” they reasoned.

A special politics chat featuring writers from THE WEEKLY STANDARD and FiveThirtyEight.

A vinyl pressing gone missing—and greatly missed.

Bernie’s son is running for Congress with a progressive platform in a right-leaning district.

Colorado turns up the heat on America’s most controversial baker.

Amid the Kavanaugh hearing chaos, the Nebraska senator offers a much-needed civics lesson.

Judiciary Committee chairman calls Democratic attacks on Kavanaugh a 'double standard.'

Arizona governor Doug Ducey: 'It's not the time for newcomers.'

Why nationalism might be a good thing — where it could lead — and what the president should read

Hosted by Charlie Sykes.

Two things can be bad at the same time.

Also: In praise of Joan Aiken’s magical children’s books, why baseball endures, and more.

'If this were a court of law' Democrats 'would be held in contempt.'

Pro football is about to gamble away its future. Plus: Sen. Richard Russell's place in history and on buildings.

She’s running for president and wants to get the Native American thing behind her. Good luck.

No amount of vetting can predict how Brett Kavanaugh, or any other nominee, will perform as a Supreme Court justice

He turns right for Downing Street.

A culture war divided against itself.

With an eye toward helping its native sons (and daughter), California moves its presidential primary.

Lanny Davis, Michael Cohen, and the Steele dossier.

It may be remembered for its short-term savvy and long-term failure to meet expectations.

Iran’s Revolutionary Court functions primarily to prosecute Tehran’s ideological opponents.

Ann Marlowe visits the Pilotta museum complex—one of Italy’s overlooked gems.

Ethan Epstein on imagining nuclear war with North Korea.

Alan Jacobs on how Silicon Valley came to dominate our vision of the future.

Jay Weiser on the forgotten industrialist who led the great silver rush.

Philip Luke Jeffery reviews an exhibition about America’s pastime and America’s character.