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Ross DouthatThe New York Times |
The desire for a revolutionary presidency gives hubris a lot of space to work.
Has his unerring instinct for vulnerability finally failed him?
Better to put this power in the hands of private industry or government officials?
We need stories that are more adult than Y.A. and less explicit than HBO.
What a declassification effort could help us resolve.
The tensions in Marco Rubio’s trans-Atlantic vision.
Every great innovation has led to fears of mass unemployment.
The left needs a sharper A.I. politics.
Activists won the legal battle. Are they losing the culture war?
Is there a political prescription for our era of addiction?
A new world, hard to grasp and even harder to predict.
Is this really the only way to enforce the law?
It might be worth considering the logic of the Carney doctrine.
The president needs counterforces to save him from himself.
The right’s future is all about American nationalism.
A tough issue for stabilization in our politics and public institutions.
The sacrament of penance’s 21st-century allure.
The secretary of state has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama.
Does discrimination drive alienation?
Not too much religious moralism in the administration, but too little.
Our problems run deeper than debates about affordability.
There are no easy answers for the current economic discontent.
Notes on an unstable but necessary idea.
What unrevealed details have made Trump so intent on preventing further disclosure?
Only stardom can save Hollywood.
If all other institutions fail, is there not a certain unique potency in the monarchy before dissolution?
There are no shortcuts in the fight against right-wing antisemitism.
Lessons from the Tea Party and recent elections.
The arguments against it illustrate a consistent problem with progressive stewardship of American cities.
Coarseness and conservative impulses in “The Life of a Showgirl.”
A pious vision of political economy should get more concrete.
The Trump administration has a long way to go.
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
With the technologies that are in the process of remaking our world, the zone of uncertainty is larger.
Will a martyrdom set off a religious revival?
A civic-minded purpose is key.
Progressives need a cure for political desperation and despair.
He was a spokesman for a movement that seemed both more rebellious and more normal.
Even compelling debunkings don’t eliminate the mystery.
Why the new model of executive power will likely outlive the Caesar who created it.
The left has a birthrate problem. Their pessimism might cost them converts.
Attempts to blame extreme political rhetoric for mass shootings should be treated with extreme skepticism.
A retreat from partisan politics, wokeness and optimism.
The outsider critique of the medical establishment has always struggled to offer an alternative vision that’s rigorous rather than credulous.
For as little as $2,500, you can choose your future baby. Should you?
Five theories about Joan of Arc’s miraculous-seeming career.
Why it’s a mistake to quickly lock in on a single theory.
“We were suckers of the global system for so long.”
U.S. power is too big to escape or isolate or ignore.
Even a righteous cause needs a plan to limit suffering and a reasonable path toward peace.