US Politics
The noise before defeat
Even a good retreat would not have rescued a bad war
The Second Coming of George W. Bush
The public image of the 43rd President of the United States has undergone a surprising revival
Past his prime
Even the President of the United States has to know when to retire
Letter from Washington: Biden’s big truths and little lies
The president’s self-styled straight talking is less honest than it seems
Letter from Washington: A final miscalculation in Afghanistan
The bungled US withdrawal marks a low point in the Biden presidency
Angels, demons and videotape
What American journalism’s “teaching moments” teach us about American journalism
Letter from Washington: Afghan blues
The Taliban’s grimly predictable advance is a reminder that withdrawal is not the end of Biden’s Afghanistan headache
Letter from Washington: A grubby kind of normalcy
An ethical quandary surrounding Hunter Biden’s paintings points to a bigger problem
Letter from Washington: The Trumpism-without-Trump candidate
J.D. Vance thinks the MAGA movement is about more than the man
The American nightmare
San Francisco should serve as a cautionary tale as to what can happen when “progressive” far-left ideology dominates politics
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
Professor Gopal has the Varsity blues
Fighting antisemitism is not a “conflict of interest”
Been there, read that
Can we leave old books alone?
Hold a mirror up to France
Imagine the Channel migrant crisis were reversed — who would the media blame?
Pohadka (Chandos)
The Czechs always have talent to spare on the bench
Hermione Simper
Although Hermione rarely names names or dishes dirt with quite the enthusiasm that her mother did, then she too has her tales to tell
Shifting the goalposts on Israel
A partisan report distorts the law as well as the facts on the Palestinian question
What price Parliament
Renovating Westminster taxes the Leader’s ingenuity — and the public’s pocketbook
Open lawfare
With crowd funding, private individuals can remake the Government itself in court
Pro-imperial truths of the old world
This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma
The diverse legacy of Robert Jervis
The death of Jervis is a huge loss for the study of international relations