JOURNALISM
J. D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine
It is not ‘moralistic garbage’ but a hard and realistic lesson of history that wars are easy to start and hard to end.
J. D. Vance Picked a Fight in Germany. Will He Get One in China?
From Mar-a-Gaza to the Eurocrats in Munich, no one—so far—is punching back against this White House. But there is one battle the U.S. cannot afford to lose.
Always Bet Against the Davos Man
This year, everyone here is bullish on MAGA. That’s your cue to take the other side of the trade.
The Monarch of Mar-a-Lago
Trump is now at the zenith of his power. The moment he’s sworn in on January 20, he’s just the plain, old president of the United States.
The Vibe Shift Goes Global
At home, Yale Law School and DEI committees are out. Abroad, strength and escalation are in.
The Rot in Britain—And the Remedy
Lately it seems that mine is a country with a death wish. Can we avoid national suicide?
The Resurrection of Donald J. Trump
Trump’s victory is a blow to political lawfare, critical race theory, woke campuses, legacy media, and Hollywood. It’s a win for a new generation of builders like Elon Musk.
Israel’s Iran Strike - And America’s Strategic Weakness
Once again, Israel appears to have ignored Washington’s advice. Once again, that decision has paid off.
My Journey from a Jerusalem of Ghosts to the Living Jerusalem
To make proper sense of the bloody events of the past 12 months in the Middle East, I had to go to Vilnius. That may strike you as bizarre, as Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and roughly 1,600 miles from Tel Aviv. But Vilnius was once “the Jerusalem of the North”—that’s what Napoleon called it when he passed through in 1812.