Opinion - Page 382

Time to free America from Bidenomics

This Fourth of July felt particularly ironic. We celebrated the anniversary of America’s Founding Fathers declaring independence from a monarchical ruler, yet we find...

Yuval Levin’s constitutional glue

“The Constitution which we now present,” George Washington wrote in 1787 after completing his duties as the presiding officer over the Constitutional Convention, “is...

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...
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