The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, hardbound and handsome in ersatz leather, are not a beach read. A typical volume, each a compendium of speeches, statements, and proclamations, weighs four pounds. That is a lot of Read More …

For years now, it has been fashionable on the right to argue that Europe is heading for Armageddon, that it could not survive the consequences of mass immigration, stifling bureaucracy, an overweening welfare state, and restrictive labor laws. This dark Read More …

By the time that Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, arrived at the vote count in his Islington North constituency, in the small hours of Friday morning, it was clear that something historic had taken Read More …

Harvey throttled someone. Harvey called an employee a fucking moron. Harvey threw the shoes, the book, the phone, the eggs. Harvey went to work with his shirt on inside-out and no one had the courage to tell him. If you Read More …

Proceedings for Commonwealth v. William Henry Cosby, Jr., began at 9:30 A.M. on Monday, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. The trial concerns Cosby’s alleged sexual assault of a woman named Andrea Constand, in 2004. The weather was gray and drizzly; Read More …

At the start of 2017, I could not have imagined that Australia would end the year by following in the recent footsteps of America and Ireland to legalize same-sex marriage. Since 2004, twenty-three bills regarding marriage equality (or the recognition Read More …

Agnes Gund, the president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, sometimes runs out of ready cash for her liberal philanthropy. “This is why I have to sell so much art, because I promise things that I can’t really pay Read More …

Two years ago, the Greek island of Lesvos was often in the news, as thousands of refugees arrived on its shores—nearly daily—in small rubber boats. They came from Turkey, just a few miles away. Some made it, while others drowned. Read More …

Jeff Flake is a relatively anonymous Republican senator from Arizona who has just published a remarkably forceful book, titled—in a nod to Barry Goldwater—“Conscience of a Conservative.” The book attempts to reckon with what conservatism means in the age of Read More …

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that fireworks are awesome, that a four-day weekend is long overdue, that a hot dog or two once a year probably won’t kill you, and that the Declaration of Independence is a superb Read More …