“To hear Democratic politicians and major media outlets like the New York Times tell it,” writes Tal Fortgang in the new issue of NR, all the Democratic Socialists of America want “is for America to be more like Norway: safe, egalitarian, and governed by an overweening yet benevolent state.”

The truth is a bit different, as Fortgang’s trenchant piece explains: “The DSA is nothing less than an anti-American subversion campaign, rooted in Marxist ideas and maintaining terrorist sympathies.” The socialists are set “to remake the Democratic Party in their own image” in their attempt, ultimately, to overthrow capitalism and the American constitutional order. Their radical program isn’t limited to Zohran Mamdani’s New York City.

And speaking of New York, Andrew Doran’s essay takes us on a journey upstate and back in time to understand the roots of American political violence. In the so-called Burned-Over District, “the scorched spiritual landscape left in the aftermath of the Second Great Awakening,” he traces the “ideologies, occultists, sects, and personalities” that cleared the way for today’s “modern progressive movements” and their “righteous wrath” — the wrath seen in the murder of Charlie Kirk and the left’s “antisocial responses” to it.

On world matters, in this issue you’ll find:

John Bolton on the question of regime change and U.S. interests, in Venezuela and elsewhere

Shawn Regan on what Greenland really means to the U.S., and the right way to unlock its strategic value

Noah Rothman on Iran’s — and Trump’s — critical moment

Andrew Stuttaford on this consequential time in the history of the European Union and the U.S.-European relationship

On matters here at home, you’ll find:

Andrew C. McCarthy on the right way to deal with illegal immigration

Audrey Fahlberg’s interview with Mehmet Oz, the administration health official who’s helping to restore sanity on child gender-medicine policy

Amity Shlaes on how, and why, we should teach young people the art — or sport — of debate

In this month’s installment of Our Spacious Skies, Jack Crowe visits the homestead of Revolutionary War figure Ethan Allen, who shaped Vermont as much as the rugged land and climate shaped him.

In the always rich and lively Books, Arts & Manners section: Jeremy Black reviews Jonathan Turley’s new book, Naomi Schaefer Riley reviews two memoirs on quitting drinking, and Christopher Akers reviews a study of noted 20th-century Catholic converts such as Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh. And there’s more: Martha Bayles offers high praise for The Chosen, the television series about the life of Jesus, and Ross Douthat is withering on the new Wuthering Heights — the Gothic Barbie smut interpretation of the great novel.

You will not want to miss Rob Long’s bonkers, hilarious Long View, or Daniel Foster’s characteristically funny/serious Happy Warrior.

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