Tag Archives: June 2026

The New Criterion ———- JUNE 2026 Preview

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 – 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

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

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – MAY/JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: The Nature issue features Technology remade the world. Now what? As we work to understand how much our own ingenuity has created an increasingly unnatural world, we’re also confronting tough choices about what to preserve—and how. Plus: Killer microbes from the mirror universe and fresh fiction from Jeff VanderMeer.

Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?

The red wolf has long been a contentious species. The debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it had cloned the animal.

The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

Digging for clues about the North Pole’s past

To understand what the future holds for Earth’s northernmost waters, scientists are burrowing deep below the seabed.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE – MAY/JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How (Not) to Fight and Economic War

The Real War for Iran’s Future

Who Will Determine the Fate of the Islamic Republic?

The Third Islamic Republic

A War’s Unintended Consequences—for Iran, the Middle East, and the Global Order

The Iran Imperative

How America and Israel Can Shape a New Middle East

How to Fight an Economic War

A Field Manual for a Ruptured World

The Iran Shock

And the Dangerous Allure of Energy Autarky

Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan

HARVARD MAGAZINE – MAY/JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

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HARVARD MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Ready, Set, Revolution’ – 250 years ago Harvard joined the frontlines of history…

250 Years Ago, Harvard Was Home to a Revolution

A look at the sights, sounds, and characters that put the University on the frontlines of history

The Harvard-Trained Doctor Who Urged a Revolution

Before his heroic death, General Joseph Warren was dubbed “the greatest incendiary in all of America.”

When the Revolution Hit Cambridge, Harvard Moved to Concord

College students broke hearts and windows during their year in exile.


How the American Revolution Freed a Future Abolitionist

Darby Vassall, an enslaved child freed after the Battle of Bunker Hill, dedicated his life to fighting for liberty.

Preview: Archaeology Magazine – MAY/JUNE 2026

Archaeology Magazine: The latest issue features ‘Exploring the World of the Odyssey.

The Unexpected World of the Odyssey

Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War. By The Editors

Pioneers of Lakefront  Living

Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts

The Last Maya Kingdom

On the shores of a lake in Guatemala, the Itzá people defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years

Art for the Ages

A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas

Bridge to the Past

The Yellow River brought both prosperity and calamity to China’s dazzling medieval capital By Ling Xin