JOURNALISM
Pano Kanelos with Niall Ferguson: A Revolution Begins in Austin, Texas
Three years ago, the University of Austin was announced in these pages. Yesterday, the school welcomed the class of 2028. This is what the president told them.
Niall Ferguson & Jacob Howland: What the Freshman Class Needs to Read
It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead.
The ‘Barbenheimer’ Election
While Kamala Harris runs a campaign of unsurpassed vacuousness, on the other screen we have the dark, fissile energy of Donald Trump.
Why the U.S. Military Needs to Imitate Ukraine’s Drone Force
The shift to unmanned warfare is unstoppable. That is the lesson we have learned from Ukraine. For the United States, however, the Replicator Initiative and hellscape plan are just a start. What we need now is to build the Unmanned Systems of America.
The alternative could be a catastrophic failure of deterrence on the watch of the next President.
Welcome to Pandemonium
What the hell just happened to the market? This wasn’t the reaction to an underwhelming U.S. jobs report. This is something bigger.
A Shot at the President—And the Turn of History
Assassinations have often changed the course of a country. Would that have happened if the shooter had slightly better aim?
The Democratic Party Awaits Its Gorbachev
The iPhones of the well-manicured elite are burning up from Aspen to Martha’s Vineyard. What comes next?
We’re All Soviets Now
A government with a permanent deficit and a bloated military. A bogus ideology pushed by elites. Poor health among ordinary people. Senescent leaders. Sound familiar?
The Treason of the Intellectuals
Anyone who has a naive belief in the power of higher education to instill morality has not studied the history of German universities in the Third Reich.