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Arthur Brooks: The Knicks Just Made the Case for Sports Fandom
New Yorkers poured into the streets after the Knicks’ title run, embracing strangers in shared joy. Social science suggests that instinct is good for…
Arthur Brooks
Two Drinks with. . . Trump’s Tourism Czar
Over Negronis in Washington, D.C., the Australian-born reformed shitposter Nick Adams says that he’s ‘the brand ambassador for the United States, the…
River Page
The Patriotic Case for the World Cup
To the Americans who spent their childhoods racing through the wet grass of suburban soccer fields—and who eventually traded soccer for something else…
Jillian Lederman
Thomas Jefferson’s Last Wish
Introducing a month-long celebration of great Americans, starting with the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Jane Kamensky
The Fantasy of Jewish Assimilation
A new generation of American Jews romanticizes the Bund—the socialist movement that promised Jews they could survive in exile without Zionism. Current…
Josh Kaplan
Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?
Michael Anton sits down with Eli Lake to discuss the life of Harry Jaffa, the forgotten philosopher who spent 40 years proving the Declaration of…
Eli Lake
1HR 17M
The Part of the Declaration Nobody Reads
Everyone knows the preamble. Almost nobody reads the 27 grievances that follow it. Historian Robert Parkinson says that’s exactly backward.
Eli Lake
America at 250: Capitalism’s Hall of Fame
They built factories, golden arches, and music empires. They changed what you eat, where you shop, and what you hear. This week, we celebrate America’s…
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How ‘City on a Hill’ Became ‘America First’
The U.S.’s founding ideal emphasized mercy, humility, and mutual obligation. Its modern counterpart does much the opposite.
Lydia Dugdale
This Week in American History: The French Connection
In 1776, a great playwright created a fictitious trading company to hide the French government’s active support of the American rebellion.
Jonathan Horn
No, You Are Not Being Drafted
The Trump administration announced a small change to the draft registration rules—and people immediately declared it to be an authoritarian plot.
Nicholas Clairmont
The Liberal Case for American Power
Though critical of some U.S. interventions, Shadi Hamid says the country’s dominance remains essential to global stability.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 17M
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