The National Greatness Fraud

By Pierre Lemieux On the Versailles Palace, transformed into a museum in the 1830s by the “King-Citizen” Louis Philippe, stands the inscription À toutes les gloires de la France (“To All the Glories of France”). Many rulers in history have illustrated, some more savagely than others, a truth that […]

The Right’s Sun Tzuicide

By David Cole, Taki’s Throughout my life, I’ve often been accused of lacking empathy. It’s a critique that goes back to high school, when I was a compassionless bully. And I’ll admit, I do have an empathy problem, but only when it comes to imbeciles. I just can’t […]

On Russia-Ukraine

The system appears to be going out of its way to reignite the cold wars with Russia and China. By Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic Russia and Ukraine remain on the edge of conflict; opposing forces are reportedly facing each other from just 50 yards apart. The standoff […]

Are We Doomed?

By George Packer, The Atlantic To head off the next insurrection, we’ll need to practice envisioning the worst. A year after the insurrection, I’m trying to imagine the death of American democracy. It’s somehow easier to picture the Earth blasted and bleached by global warming, or the human […]