Well, break out the smelling salts and emergency tote bags, because the democracy fainting couch has once again been rolled into the national living Continue Reading
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Puerto Rico’s Uneasy V-E Day
By Cristóbal Berry-Cabán “Today is V Day,” read the headline of El Mundo, one of Puerto Rico’s most widely read newspapers. The date was Tuesday, Continue Reading
California’s Compassion Slot Machine Keeps Paying the House
California has achieved something almost spiritual in its public policy: it can spend historic sums of money, produce visible collapse, and still Continue Reading
Architecture of Torture
Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic descriptions of torture, sexual violence, and psychological abuse. Reader discretion is advised. By Continue Reading
The Battlefield Is Not a Diversity Workshop
There was a stretch of time when the Pentagon seemed to believe war was, at bottom, a branding problem. Not a logistics problem. Not a training Continue Reading
Iran’s Pink Missile Problem
Some regimes project power. Others perform it. And right now, Iran is doing theater. Not the kind meant to entertain—but the kind meant to Continue Reading
America’s Arsonists Bought Ad Time
There was a time when riots were a civic catastrophe. Now they’re a content vertical. That’s the first thing that makes this story more relevant Continue Reading
When Principle Needs a Breathalyzer and Trump Still Passes the Iran Test
Here’s the part nobody wants to say out loud because it ruins the cocktail party. Iran did not become a threat to the United States the moment Donald Continue Reading
The Self-Righteous and the Restless Fists
The rotten miracle of modern public life is that people can act like a street gang and still think of themselves as the safety committee. That is Continue Reading
You May Fly Over a Land Forever; You May Bomb It, Atomize It, Wipe It Clean of Life — But…
“You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life — but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for Continue Reading
The Halo Is Just a Ring Light
Our public life is now run by the exact species of person who used to get shoved off the student council for being too obviously fake. Not too Continue Reading
“Salad Bowl Separatism”: How “Diversity” Is Ruining America
America didn’t become a nation by accident. It became one by assimilation. For most of its history, the United States understood a simple truth: Continue Reading