Bari Weiss and other self-anointed defenders of free speech used the author’s stabbing to accuse the left of rhetorical excess—and ignored the very relevant scourge of book-banning by the American right.

The world doesn’t need more Ideas. Just better ones.

From billionaire dilettantes to pension funds, profit-seeking just isn’t compatible with the media’s core democratic functions.

Liberals seem to love reading about the president refusing to concede to Joe Biden. But these stories distract from the real issues at hand.

Is the magazine’s tradition of argument equal to the crises of the Trump era?

The new site, launched by the writers and editors who quit Deadspin last fall, represents a simple, exciting path for good journalism.

The president says the generals hate him because he ends endless wars. That ain't it, chief.

How the elimination of constitutional rights became an irresistible argument in the world of mainstream ideas.

A toothless profile of the racist pundit reveals how mainstream journalism is still failing to cover politics in the Trump era.

The former Chicago mayor and newly minted pundit is right about why the middle class is so mad, but he's oblivious to his own elitism.

The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?

The writer's critics call him a cynic. But as a new anthology shows, his thinking has matured in subtle ways over the years.

Anti-austerians: Probably wrong about the debt, certainly wrong about me