Italy’s Going Under, But Don’t Blame Berlusconi

In Praise of the Euro: A Case For the World’s Most Hated Currency

The Case Against Referendums: From Greece to California, They Always End Up Undermining Democracy

How France’s Presidential Election Pits Mr. Normal Against President Bling Bling

Cruelty and Collapse

Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Kinds of War

Élisabeth Gille’s Devastating Account of her Mother, Irène Némirovsky

David Thomson on Films: ‘The Hour’ Is the Most Complex and Absorbing Story Currently Playing on Any Screen

Why French Elites Think DSK Should Make A Comeback

The Libyan War Was a Success. But It Won’t Be a Model For Other Wars.

Do Ideas Matter?

9/11 and the Case for American Humility

The Instructors

The Age of Comparison

The Norway Attacks Reveal the Parallels Between Islamists and Islamophobes

Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Deepenings

A Great Hero of a War That Isn’t Over: Remembering Jorge Semprún (1923-2011)

Why is the IMF Chief Almost Always French?

David Thomson on Films: Remembering Marie-France Pisier

TNR Film Classic: At Your Own Risk (1940)