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In Bush v. Obama, Bush Wins in a Rout
Peter Wehner
The Re-Hollowing of the Military
Arthur Herman
September 2010
The Conversion of David Mamet
Terry Teachout
July/August 2010
Is the War Over?
Michael J. Totten
Hiroshima, Obama, and Truman
Jonathan S. Tobin

The Few, The Proud, The Chosen

Sam Jacobson

Life as a Jewish Marine means accepting the faith of a Separate Tribe.

In "The Federal Government's Steroids Problem," Jonathan Tobin addresses the vigor with which the federal government has sought the indictment of baseball superstars on steroid charges, an aggressiveness that says more about the abuse of political power than of the athletic kind.

The Un-Peace Talks

5:36 PM, 09.02.10

It would be bad enough if these talks were merely unproductive. But five people I refuse to adopt ...

Peace

3:30 PM, 09.02.10

Well, that was something. Netanyahu and Abbas met today for a while, and then agreed to meet in ...

Hagel, Sestak, and Pro-Israel Groups

1:12 PM, 09.02.10

When Chuck Hagel threw his support to Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak and seemed to have ...

Blair: Use Military Force on Iran If Neccessary

12:25 PM, 09.02.10

An experienced Middle East hand directs me to Tony Blair's comments yesterday: I am saying that ...

Liberalism’s Existential Crisis

11:39 AM, 09.02.10

As the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party continue their journey into the Slough of Despond, ...

The Failure of the Liberal Economic Experiment?

James K. Glassman

The meltdown was a severe setback to free-market capitalism. Then something strange happened.

The Re-Hollowing of the Military

Arthur Herman

Even as Robert Gates prepares to step down in 2011, he and President Obama are charting a frightening course when it comes to national security.

This Too Shall Pass

John Podhoretz

From the Editor

ENTER LAUGHING

Joseph Epstein

The Cohen Wedding Joke

The Re-Hollowing of the Military

Arthur Herman

Even as Robert Gates prepares to step down in 2011, he and President Obama are charting a frightening course when it comes to national security.

Afghanistan: The Case for Optimism

Max Boot

A July visit offered ample reason to believe victory is achievable.

Will Obama Use His UN Veto?

Steven J. Rosen

Mischief against Israel at the United Nations has not yet been met with a strong American response

The Failure of the Liberal Economic Experiment?

James K. Glassman

The meltdown was a severe setback to free-market capitalism. Then something strange happened.

Investing, Then and Now and Always

John Steele Gordon

How much you can make depends on how much you are willing to risk.

A Blind Eye to Campus Anti-Semitism?

Kenneth L. Marcus

How Washington justifies its refusal to prosecute anti-Semitic hate on campuses.

Israel’s Conversion Crisis

Mati Wagner

A bill designed to help immigrants had the unintended effect of widening the gulf between Israel and the Diaspora.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Big Talker

Algis Valiunas

The American “sage” of the 19th century still casts an unfortunate shadow over the 21st.

Shtetl World

Dara Horn

I look inside. Humans swim around like fish.... Those I saw throughout my life, death has crowned them with a green existence; all swimming about in the green aquarium, in a silky, airy music. Here, the dead live!...