HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Gaza Broke MAGA’ – Charlie Kirk and the end of the Israel consensus’
How the GOP consensus on Israel cracked by Andrew Cockburn
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills by Nick Bowlin
The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers by Rosa Lyster
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features ‘Will the AI Bubble burst?’
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant by Tae Kim
Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination by Karen Hao
Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy Olson
Claremont Review of Books: The latest issue features ‘Special Anniversary Double Issue’….
Imagine sitting near the apex of power in an empire and then being shown the door. You might want to write a tell-all book about it. If so, however, you would be advised to proceed with caution. Now, imagine what would barely be conceivable today: that you undertook to write your exposé while you were still in office. You would need all the finesse of a tightrope walker.
This essay is adapted from remarks delivered at the Claremont Review of Books 25th anniversary gala, held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City on November 6, 2025.
In the early hours of March 11, 1874, word spread around Washington that Charles Sumner was on the brink of death. The 63-year-old senator from Massachusetts had suffered a massive heart attack the previous evening. By 9 a.m., a crowd of several hundred had gathered in front of his home on Lafayette Square. “Colored men and women mingled with white in knots about his home,” wrote The New-York Tribune. Government workers, merchants, shopmen, waiters, and even “old colored women with baskets and bundles on their arms” stood together. Many were crying and begging to be let inside. They were stopped by one of Sumner’s friends and two policemen standing guard at the front door.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Strong Are The Strongmen?’
What Really Threatens Authoritarians? Stephen Kotkin
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline? By Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt
Authoritarian Cooperation Is Reshaping the Global Order by Nic Cheeseman, Matías Bianchi, and Jennifer Cyr
Beijing’s Strategy to Seize the New Frontiers of Power by Elizabeth Economy
THE NEW ATLANTIS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features….
In the 2020s, the weird soul of placeless America is being born on Discord servers. Robert Mariani
The planners dreamed of gleaming cities. Instead they brought three generations of hollowed-out downtowns and flight to the suburbs. Joseph Lawler
Trump’s vaunted missile defense system is a plan for America’s retreat and defeat. Robert Zubrin
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Cartoons & Puzzles: A magazine maze, cartoonists on their forebears, Stephen Sondheim’s puzzle love, a hundredth-birthday diary, and more.
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of them involving crypto and foreign money. By John Cassidy
A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.
Emil Bove violated a basic tenet of judicial ethics, presumably on purpose. By Ruth Marcus
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 12.14.25 Issue features Great Performers issue, some of the year’s best actors show us how they conjure feelings on cue; Wesley Morris invents his own categories of awards; and more.
Teyana Taylor, Liam Neeson, Rose Byrne and more of our best actors on how they summon the emotions that move us.
Best Acting in a Helmet, Best Nervous Breakdown, Craziest Charm—the film performances so good Wesley Morris had to invent his own categories. By Wesley Morris
Barron’s spoke with former colleagues of the leading candidate to replace Chair Jerome Powell.
The economy is looking resilient and there are bargains below the AI surface. Where to invest in the new year.
Our 2025 picks trounced the market. Amazon and Visa are among our choices for next year.
Time is running out to take advantage of tax breaks before year end. Here are some moves to make.
The company is producing record profits, with shares poised to appreciate by almost 20%.
Economists expect GDP to benefit from numerous tailwinds, including lower interest rates, AI spending, and hefty tax refunds.
Big Blue has been working on the next-gen technology for decades, and now has major breakthroughs in its sights. We get a look behind the scenes.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Europe’s populist right’
Apocalyptic warnings by mainstream politicians are doomed to fail
A strategy that scorns Europe, bullies Latin America and is vague on Asia
It is a problem not for the rest of the world, but for China
The judges’ credibility is at stake
Professionally made shows face tough competition from independent makers
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