On Tilt – America’s new gambling epidemic
The Sanctuarium – The Philippines reckons with its war on drugs
Another London – Excavating the disenchanted city
by Hari Kunzru
Category Archives: Essays
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 2026 PREVIEW
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
HARPER’S MAGAZINE – JANUARY 2026 PREVIEW
HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Gaza Broke MAGA’ – Charlie Kirk and the end of the Israel consensus’
Turning Point
How the GOP consensus on Israel cracked by Andrew Cockburn
Power Brokers
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills by Nick Bowlin
If a Tree Falls
The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers by Rosa Lyster
THE NEW ATLANTIS —— WINTER 2026 ISSUE
THE NEW ATLANTIS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features….
American Diner Gothic
In the 2020s, the weird soul of placeless America is being born on Discord servers. Robert Mariani
The Bills That Destroyed Urban America
The planners dreamed of gleaming cities. Instead they brought three generations of hollowed-out downtowns and flight to the suburbs. Joseph Lawler
The Folly of Golden Dome
Trump’s vaunted missile defense system is a plan for America’s retreat and defeat. Robert Zubrin
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS – WINTER 2025-2026
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue of LARB features ‘Security’…
A Mole in MAGA’s Midst
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
The Secessionists of Shasta County
Nevin Kallepalli investigates political resentment in rural California, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Is Justice Barrett Listening?
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
An Emergency Born of Prosperity
Zoe Adams considers “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” by Brian Goldstone.
PREVIEW: THE EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVE – WINTER ’25
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE – JANUARY 2026 PREVIEW
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Most Powerful Man in Science’
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science by Michael Scherer
What Sam Shepard Couldn’t Outrun
The actor, playwright, and self-made cowboy was also a poet of masculine angst. By Michael O’Donnell
An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind
Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity. By George Packer
HARPER’S MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 2025 PREVIEW
Kicking Robots
Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine by James Vincent
The Tune of Things
Is consciousness God? by Christian Wiman
Grievous Country
Photographs from Syria by Victor J. Blue
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 2025 PREVIEW
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘VOTE’
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.Jonathan Chait
Pay Attention to the First 10 Minutes of SNL
James Austin Johnson’s catchall monologues have become an ideal format for the recent onslaught of political news.Erik Adams
The Hedgehog Review – Fall 2025 Preview
“The Character of Place” and “A Cultural Revolution on the Right”
Double Theme: “The Culture of Place” and “A Cultural Revolution on the Right”
Boomers Daily 