The American King Goes to War
This is not what the Founders intended.
Ideas
The Dangerous Mismatch Between American Missiles and Iranian Drones
The United States has only so many expensive munitions to send after Iran’s cheap and plentiful arms.
This Joke Explains Iran Today
Dark humor is sometimes the most reliable weapon.
A Very Stable War
J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.
The Disappearing American Mortgage
Young and working-class people aren’t getting on the property ladder anymore.
‘America Doesn’t Want My Children or Grandchildren’
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
Trump Opens the Pandora’s Box of Assassination
Killing anyone without a trial, let alone a foreign leader, involves a moral choice.
In Defense of Effeminate Boys
If anyone had suggested that I might really be a girl, I don’t know how I would have responded.
The Fortress We Gave Away
America and Britain may be surrendering a crucial military base.
The Impossible Predicament of the Uninsured
My aunt couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.