The Epstein Spectrum
A moral exercise in a moral desert
Ideas
The Next Attorney General Has an Impossible Job
Just like the last one
Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed
She did what Donald Trump wanted her to do. That turned out to be part of the problem.
What the Birthright Case Is Really About
Do we want to be the America of John C. Calhoun or Frederick Douglass?
Hitler’s Edifice Complex
He was obsessed with adding an expensive new wing to the Reich chancellery, part of his grandiose architectural ambitions for the nation’s capital.
How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right
By dismissing the distinction between legal and illegal immigration as bogus, advocates signaled that they would not defend it.
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
Trump’s Absurd Citizenship Arguments Went Nowhere
The scandal is that the case got this far.
Smirking Past the Gallows
An ugly law backed by Itamar Ben-Gvir might never be applied—but it will still do real damage.
The Trump Library Symbolizes His Presidency Perfectly
Plans for a new Miami skyscraper reveal a monument fit for a real-estate mogul.