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The Spotlight

Nicole Gelinas New York Braces for a Mayor Mamdani

The city’s future may depend on the socialist front-runner not doing much of what he says he’ll do.

Oct 05 2025
Steven Malanga City Hall Socialists

The far Left is making inroads into local government races.

Oct 28 2020
Edward L. Glaeser How to Talk to Millennials About Capitalism

Polls show that young people embrace socialism—but they also distrust government regulation and admire entrepreneurialism and small business.

May 05 2019
Michael J. Totten The Last Communist City

A visit to the dystopian Havana that tourists never see

May 11 2014
Carlos Acevedo Eerie and Exquisite

The Innocents, the first and best film adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, is tough to beat for a Halloween film choice.

Oct 30 2020
Oct 30 2020
Theodore Dalrymple A Quiet Evening’s Reading

Notable British Trials is as complete an inventory of human depravity as has ever been assembled.

Jun 24 2018
Jonathan Clarke For Love of Watching the Game

Reflections on sports spectatorship

Aug 30 2019
Aug 30 2019
Steven Malanga The War on Landlords

From Covid eviction bans to tenant-slanted laws, property owners are under financial siege. Here’s what Trump can do about it.

May 12 2025
Corbin K. Barthold Social Credit: Could It Happen Here?

Creeping censorship on digital platforms is alarming—but the decentralizing forces of new technology make Chinese-style control unlikely.

Dec 07 2022
James Piereson The Playbook for Lawfare

Watergate and Nixon’s resignation, 50 years on

Aug 07 2024
Aug 07 2024
John Tierney The Perverse Panic over Plastic

The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public.

Feb 23 2020
Theodore Dalrymple Murder Most Foul

Twenty years on, the Clydach killings remain horrific—and contested.

Mar 17 2020
Dave Seminara Don’t Defend Columbus—Celebrate Him

The Italian explorer who opened America to the West deserves tribute.

Oct 09 2020
Oct 09 2020
Francis Morrone Statues and Civic Memory

In the long run, a society can’t flourish without vibrant public ideals and reverence for its heroes.

Jul 01 1999
Jeffrey H. Anderson Trump Is Right to Rein in the Smithsonian

The president’s executive order pushing the museum to start honoring American history again is a welcome step.

Apr 11 2025
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John Steele Gordon A Short History of Morality

Past generations could no more live up to present moral standards than we could live up to those of the distant future.

Jun 01 2021