What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War
The contours of World War III are visible in numerous conflicts. The president of the United States is not ready.
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America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff
Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.
A Military-Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded that she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
Why Won’t Zohran Mamdani Denounce a Dangerous Slogan?
The New York mayoral candidate’s defense of “Globalize the intifada” is very telling.
The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving
In Skrmetti, the Court turned to a decades-old decision once thought to be consigned to history.
Extreme Violence Without Genocide
The plight of white South Africans is part of a much larger problem.
Sinwar’s March of Folly
Seldom has any action backfired so spectacularly as Hamas’s October 7 attack.
Trump Got This One Right
The president has made many poor decisions, but in striking Iran, he acted where his predecessors had failed.
Attacking Iran Without Congress’s Blessing Leaves Citizens With No Recourse
Americans deserve a vote on the war.
Right Move, Wrong Team
The U.S. strikes on Iran might have been necessary, but the manner in which Trump acted should raise alarms about what lies ahead.