THE NEW CRITERION: The latest issue features ‘Political philosophy? by Harvey Mansfield; A dream of reason by Bartle Bull; The elephant in the room by Anthony Daniels; Kierkegaard & the age by Jacob Howland; New poems by Morri Creech, Kaily Dorfman, Matthew Stewart & John Poch….
COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Covenant And The Wooden Box’ – The Betrayal of Britain’s Jews and the Corruption of Its Ruling Class.
by Mike Burke
The betrayal of Britain’s Jews and the corruption of its ruling class
In the northeast corner of Parliament Square, in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament, stands a bronze figure 12 feet high. Winston Churchill chose the spot himself in the 1950s, drawing a circle on a map and declaring with the finality of a man who knew his own place in history: “That is where my statue will go.” It was unveiled on the 1st of November in 1973. When the Queen spoke, she revealed a secret that Churchill himself had guarded: When offered a dukedom at the end of his life, he turned it down. He wished to spend his remaining years in the House of Commons—the Parliament he had saved, and that he loved more than any title the Crown could bestow.
For a decade, we’ve been awash in analogies between America in the Age of Trump and Germany in the two decades following World War I.
GUERNICA MAGAZINE: The latest issue features striking original artwork courtesy of creators Jérémie Guiguen, Mike Blackman, Deepak, Taelor Worthington, and Cliff Warner.
Fiction & Nonfiction: You can explore the Fiction – Guernica section for recently published narrative stories and ongoing literary additions.
Special Issues: Guernica frequently publishes thematic special issues ranging from “Climate Fiction” to “Race in America,” all of which can be browsed via the Guernica Magazine Explore page. [1]
How do photographs carry the afterlives of violence? Threading together personal and collective histories, photographer Showkat Nanda reflects on documenting Kashmir not merely as a site of conflict, but as a lived world shaped by endurance and the struggle against forgetting.
What I dream of, then, when I think about what Jürgen Habermas called “the postsecular society,” is a foggy middle path. I’m not willing to fall for the false choice between religion and democracy simply because either feels like more solid footing than walking the tightrope between them.
Oil and gas production won’t rebound quickly even if the Iran war ends soon. Why Devon Energy, Baker Hughes, and other stocks can weather the storm.
Own some dividend stocks and bonds funds that inflation won’t chisel away.
Quantum computing may soon take off. Are the pure plays ready to go the distance?
Even as tech surges, many other sectors in the market are trading at surprisingly attractive prices.
Nvidia trades at a discount to other semiconductors and can gain 50% from here.
The prediction market outsources its disputed resolutions to an anonymous vote of crypto token holders. Some of those voters have financial incentives that could affect their votes.
A shadowy state enterprise run by the military is a focal point of Washington’s pressure campaign against Cuba.
As a senator, Marco Rubio even hinted at the need for regime change in China. Now he talks about cooperation.
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer.
NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Cost of Fraud’ – And what to do about it.
American taxpayers deserve better. Robert VerBruggen
He is a committed ideologue and a partisan brawler who’s worked out how to hide those traits from the general public. Charles C. W. Cooke
What we learned from the riots of 2020. Noah Rothman
As President Trump left Beijing, there was no indication that he and Xi Jinping had resolved any big points of contention on trade, Iran or other issues.
Jerome Powell is passing the baton to Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick, who says the Federal Reserve needs an overhaul.
The U.S. blockade has intercepted dozens of vessels since mid-April. But a small number of ships with Iranian cargo are still sailing.
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country.
“The Clearance of Aoineadh Mòr, 1824” by Tarn MacArthur: A historical account of the Highland Clearances, specifically focusing on the displacement of communities in Scotland.
At the Movies: Michael Wood provides his regular column of film criticism, likely focusing on current European or art-house releases.
Poetry & Correspondence: The issue also contains poems and a robust letters section, which in this period has been heavily occupied by debates over the Arctic (following Laleh Khalili’s piece in the previous issue) and the fallout of the UK local elections.
China’s leader is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in the Middle East.
Mr. Musk is part of a delegation of business leaders to China, where his interests include Tesla’s electric vehicle factory and solar panels.
President Trump’s top military adviser is walking a tightrope as he leads the military through a divisive and unpopular war.
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Among Putin’s Russians’…
The ideology behind Hitler’s assault on the Soviet Union By Richard J. Evans
Previously unseen letters between Ezra Pound and Gladys Hynes By Ed Vulliamy
The rise, fall and survival of open-air swimming pools By David Horspool
Video games and political violence By Regina Rini
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