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Slouching toward Europe: Americans should instead pursue policies for a better economic future

Americans need less “have a nice day” and more “strive hard.” Tolerance of mediocrity and an openness to slouching through each day is not...

Don’t bet on America’s illiberal heart

The picture neoconservative foreign policy intellectual Robert Kagan paints in his new book, Rebellion, is dark and foreboding. As he sees it, a competition...

On Honor Levy and the literary game

I never planned on writing about literary it-girl Honor Levy. I knew Levy would get tons of press in the lead-up to the publication...

The uncapturable Elaine May

When a biographer is confronted with a reclusive or recalcitrant subject, there are two ways to proceed. One option is to charm, cajole, or...

Column punk: Jimmy Breslin’s kicker

Jimmy Breslin was an archetype, a white ethnic working-class New York journalist who spoke his mind, stuck his thumb in the eye of authority...

Give ’em enough belt

During Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe in May, China and Hungary signed several agreements, including a $2.1 billion rail project that will...

The road trip biography turns to Kafka

In his biography of Franz Kafka, Max Brod declared that his friend never wrote a “single word” that was not “infused with a special...

The editors’ summer books

As you may have gotten from our lead essay, this Summer Books issue, alongside a rich compendium of seven reviews of new titles, we...

Biden lies too

Listen to any Democrat spinning President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week, and one of the lines you’ll hear is, “Yes, Biden had...

Race has nothing to do with US swimming dominance

For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when seeing a picture of the U.S. Olympic swim team should be excitement for...
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