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This Week in Canada: ‘They Don’t Fear Authority Anymore’
Pro-Palestinian protesters barricade Jewish students in a room at their own meeting; a Remembrance Day tribute to an immigrant who became a war hero…
Rupa Subramanya
Why Gay Marriage Is Safe from the Supreme Court—for Now
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has never shown much enthusiasm for same-sex marriage. So why did they just pass up an opportunity to repeal…
Jed Rubenfeld
Peter Thiel Says Capitalism Is Failing the Young. Is He Right?
Our viral interview with Peter Thiel sparked a fierce debate among readers about debt, housing, culture, and why socialism suddenly looks appealing to…
The Free Press
Why Shutdowns Never Work
For 41 days, the Democrats demanded an extension of Obamacare subsidies and a rollback of Medicaid cuts to end the shutdown. What did they get in the…
Charles Lane
Sydney Sweeney’s Actual Movie
Her performance in a recent interview went viral. Her performance in ‘Christy’ deserves to as well.
Suzy Weiss
Be More Jennifer Lawrence
The true calling of anyone whose work is rooted in storytelling—is not to scold or instruct, but to express what is true.
Kat Rosenfield
Victor Davis Hanson on Tucker, Trump, and the Fracturing Right
The historian argues that too many right-wing thinkers have replaced scrutiny with spectacle—trading intellectual rigor for clicks, applause, and…
Coleman Hughes
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Bari’s Picks of the Week: Mamdani Mania
Everything from this week’s elections and much more.
Bari Weiss
The Death of ‘Teen Vogue’ Was Inevitable
Reading the magazine, which folded this week, is like stepping back in time—into an era when white women were Karens and the phrase ‘non-prostate owner…
Kat Rosenfield
TGIF: Lower East Side Work Camp
The strange tale of Kevin Roberts, socialism wins bigly, Maduro is cool again, New Jersey suburbs are popping off, AI will replace us, and so much more.
Nellie Bowles
The Buckley Test: Can the Right Still Police Its Own?
Today’s conservatives could learn a thing or two from William F. Buckley Jr., who knew how to ask tough questions, and understood the difference between…
Eli Lake
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Why the Supreme Court Might Kill Trump’s Tariffs
Trump says he can levy tariffs whenever and wherever he likes. The Supreme Court doesn’t seem so sure.
Jed Rubenfeld
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