Adrian Vermeule has a new constitutional theory that hides its religious foundations.
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The Cure for Hate Speech Is Not More Speech
A new book considers how colleges and universities should deal with committed racists.
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How High Energy Prices Emboldened Putin
Rupert Russell’s new book shows how the financialization of commodity prices worsens volatility and destabilizes geopolitics. It couldn’t be more timely.
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Homelessness Meets Cluelessness
Michael Shellenberger applies conservative culture war clichés to the housing problem.
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The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
‘The Age of AI’ advances a larger political and corporate agenda.
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Built to Lie
A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth.
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How the Church Stymies Even Pope Francis
The pope has embraced greater social justice—except when it comes to women and sexuality.
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Hucksters on Parade
Today’s CEOs are essentially carnival barkers, induced to yell louder by a corroded business culture.
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The Great Pandemic and the Global Response
A Q&A with Adam Tooze about his new book on the economics of COVID
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Lawful Carnage
Scholar Samuel Moyn and journalist Spencer Ackerman consider the inherent contradictions of the endless war on terrorism.