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REASON MAGAZINE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026

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REASON MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘9/11 at 25 Years’….

9/11 and the Surveillance Ratchet

The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them. by Abigail R. Hall

9/11 Turbocharged America’s Worst Foreign Policy Impulses—but Didn’t Change Its Direction

The United States’ shift toward aggressive interventionism was well underway before the 2001 attacks. Emma Ashford

Samurai vs. Squatters: On the Street With the Hired Swords Reclaiming California Property Owners’ Stolen Homes

California has failed to protect private property from squatters. Desperate owners are turning to katana-wielding enforcers to reclaim their homes. Christian Britschgi

AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests

Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them. Elizabeth Nolan Brown

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JUNE 19, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Race’ by Will Lloyd…

Whose national character is it anyway?

The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force. By Tom McTague

Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism

The richest man in history spends his days talking about racial grievances. By Oli Dugmore

A modern Canterbury tale

What has become of Chaucer’s pilgrimage? By George Monaghan

PROSPECT MAGAZINE —— JULY 2026 PREVIEW

PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features … With the UK facing yet another change of prime minister, Ravi Gurumurthy outlines a bold plan for Labour to get our economy moving. Plus, as the World Cup begins, David Goldblatt writes on the power of the great global festival of our times

A plan for Britain

Labour lacks a philosophy or a plan for government. A few simple changes could transform the country’s fortunes

Political chaos has made Britain the ‘new Italy’

The turnover of prime ministers is high, and expectations for the next one are low

Conservatives and the British Right

Anglofuturism and ‘decline porn’: the Brave New Worlds of the right

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – MAY 22, 2026

Definitely, maybe

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘Definitely, maybe? – Inside Andy Burnham’s leadership bid – and the campaigns under way to stop him.

Keir Starmer is a dishonest man

His successor must make a break with this failing government By Freddie Hayward

The Europe dilemma

Should the UK rejoin the EU? Caroline Lucas and Anand Menon weigh in By Caroline Lucas and Anand Menon

ECHR derangement syndrome

The great bête noire of the modern right is driving them beyond reasonBy Marina Wheeler

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE – JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

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.

The Covenant and the Wooden Box

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.

The Analogy Wars

by John Podhoretz

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.

Most Democrats Don’t Like Israel Any Longer. Period.

by James Kirchick

The Declaration of Dependence

by Christine Rosen

PROSPECT MAGAZINE —— JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

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PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Social Media in the Dock’ – Lawsuits and user bans threaten social media and internet free-speech protections. Ethan Zuckerman asks: do these platforms really harm young people? Plus, Isabel Hilton on the new star wars and Kate Clanchy on Kathleen Stock

The social network in the dock

It is far from proven that social media platforms cause teenagers harm Ethan Zuckerman

The EU’s sweet victory in Hungary

The pro-European forces of liberal democratic virtue not only won when Viktor Orbán was defeated, but smashed it Andrew Adonis

The Iran war has left the UK poorer than it hoped to be

Duncan Weldon

The depopulation bomb about to hit Britain

Tom Clark

The new race for space

Isabel Hilton

Here, at last, is Sylvia Plath

Jeremy Noel-Tod

Sheila Hancock: I thought I might faint in front of all the Dames

Sheila Hancock

Obituary: A brimful of Asha Bhosle

Ammar Kalia

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – MAY 1, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The cover-up?’ – The prince, his protectors and the questions that must be answered.

The cover-up?

The prince, his protectors and the questions that must be answered By Gordon Brown

Assisted dying: an autopsy

Less than a year ago, campaigners for the bill were optimistic it would pass – what went wrong? By Hannah Barnes

Young, down and out of work

How Britain failed a generation of Neets By Anoosh Chakelian

There should be no hiding place for anyone involved in the Epstein scandal

The scale of Britain’s involvement is still not fully understood By Tom McTague

Reason Magazine ———- JUNE 2026 Preview

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REASON MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘A Pointless War’…

A Pointless War

President Donald Trump and his predecessors spent decades putting the U.S. on a path toward war against Iran. Matthew Petti

Civilians Across the Middle East React to the Iran War: ‘A Fear That Settles in Your Heart’

“Now they are hitting everything. Nowhere is safe. But don’t worry, we are okay,” one Iranian woman texted her American relative. Matthew Petti

What Does the New Right Believe?

From trade to migration to personal freedom, the conservatives of the global New Right hold a philosophy incompatible with individualism. Stephen Davies

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE – MAY 2026 PREVIEW

May 2026 – Commentary Magazine

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Anti-Americanism Is a Disease‘ – Patriotism is the Cure by Charles Fain Lehman

Anti-Americanism Is a Disease

by Charles Fain Lehman

Think what you will about Donald Trump; no one can deny his flair. Take, for example, a segment of his State of the Union speech earlier this year. “I’m inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle,” Trump said. “If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender

by Jonathan Schanzer

The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost

Let Me Explain What an Enemy Is

by John Podhoretz

The Heaven and the Earth

by Meir Y. Soloveichik

America at 250: Our Lost Opportunity

by Robert Pondiscio

In 1976, a national celebration kindled my lifelong love of America. Can you imagine that today?