The Lecture I Couldn’t Give
Now more than ever, our armed forces need to understand the history of civil-military relations.
Ideas
How to Fix DHS
The answer to the agency’s abuses is not reform; it is wholesale disassembly and restructuring.
The First AI Crisis Is Psychological
The economic shocks may well be coming, but we have already entered an age of profound uncertainty about ourselves and the world around us.
The Hostile Corporate Takeover of an Entire Country
What Trump wrought in Venezuela could have come from a Wall Street playbook.
The Dethroning of Cesar Chavez
One of the most revered figures in American history can no longer be called heroic. But the movement he led can be.
The Homicide Upending French Politics
A recent killing of a neo-Nazi activist could bring France’s far-right party closer to power than it’s ever been.
Trump Had No Plan B for Iran
And it shows.
The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics
A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?
What Paul Ehrlich’s Fear of Scarcity Did to American Politics
Ehrlich’s lurid predictions of imminent planetary doom captivated the public, but they did not come true.
Are They Still Your Friends if You Never See Them?
The friendship crisis of American men