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Political Violence
Why the Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories Will Never Die
The stronger the evidence becomes, the more elaborate the theories grow. The reason lies in a psychological tendency to seek causes proportionate to…
Michael Shermer
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: What the Montreal Shooter Believed
Political violence today is often fed by ideas from well-established anti-Western institutions, especially radical academia.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Why Is the Media Ignoring the Montreal Shooter’s Antisemitism?
The suspect in a deadly shooting in Canada left behind a manifesto with explicit antisemitic themes. But you wouldn’t know it from much of the coverage…
Casey Babb
America’s Islam Paradox
The most committed voices of Muslim anti-Americanism in the United States are not marginalized newcomers. They are privileged, cosmopolitan insiders who…
Reihan Salam
Introducing: The Honesty Project
We’re asking Americans what they really believe.
Mene Ukueberuwa
The Making of a Teenage Terror Suspect
Extremists know which kids to target online: young, male, and isolated. An Ohio family never imagined their autistic son would be one of them.
Maya Sulkin
Watch: How Discord Radicalized Our Son
Maya Sulkin investigates how an Ohio teenager was raided by the FBI after he was targeted by jihadis online.
Maya Sulkin
17M
The Ghost of ‘Dreyfus’ Hits the Stage in New York
Bernard-Henri Lévy reflects on Jean-Claude Grumberg’s haunting play about antisemitism, memory, and political hysteria—and why its warnings now feel…
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Rod Dreher: What the San Diego Mosque Shooters Believed
The teenage killers’ manifesto contains ominous echoes of the past, and is a dark warning of our future.
Rod Dreher
Trump Takes Out Massie. The Evil of the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on the Mangionistas. Did an AI-generated story just dupe a literary prize? Plus: Check out our new podcast, ‘The Lindbergh…
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The Evil of the San Diego Mosque Shooting
The actions of these two young men can never be excused. And our willingness to say so cannot falter or fail based on our politics or our differences…
David Ingber
Michael Shellenberger on the Psychology of Left-Wing Violence
The author of ‘San Fransicko’ on how progressivism has become a new religion.
Coleman Hughes
59M
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