The Tolstoy App
From the Editor
The War in Afghanistan
Letters in response to Max Boot's "How We Can Win in Afghanistan.”
The Bloody Crossroads
Letters in response to Sam Munson's “From Hungary."
An American Original
Letters in response to Terry Teachout’s “Satchmo & the Jews.”
Taking Tea with the Taliban
Declassified State Department documents tell a sorry tale of diplomatic engagement for its own sake—and offer a cautionary lesson for the future.
The Homegrown-Terrorist Threat
It can happen here, and it is happening here.
Who Is a British Jew?
An unprecedented decision by Britain’s highest court has horrifying implications.
Louis Menandacious
A garlanded academic offers a breezy, and sadly instructive, apologia for the thoroughgoing calamity that has befallen the liberal arts.
Ignoring ‘Climategate’
Hacked data debunked the warming consensus, but the environmentalist band played on in Copenhagen and Washington.
The Problem with Purim
Creating a more politically correct holiday means promoting a new heroine and downgrading a more traditional one.
Nostalgie de la Boeuf
Of tongue, gribenes, cream soda, and the slow, cholesterol-laden death of the deli.
Arthur Koestler’s 20th-Century Darkness
A new biography gives a deeply flawed yet extraordinary writer his due.
Capitalism and the Jews, by Jerry Z. Muller
Steven Menashi reviews Jerry Z. Muller's "Capitalism and the Jews."
A Country of Vast Designs, by Robert W. Merry
John Steele Gordon reviews Robert W. Merry's "A Country of Vast Designs."
The Strong Horse, by Lee Smith
Michael C. Moynihan reviews Lee Smith's "The Strong Horse."
James Cameron’s Unbelievium
James Cameron's blue men beg for empathy in this 1960s pseudo-intellectual power-trip dream.
The Museum of Innocence, by Orhan Pamuk
Cheryl Miller reviews Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum of Innocence."
Under the Dome, by Stephen King
Sam Sacks reviews Stephen King's "Under the Dome."
The Rhyming Radical
Yip Harburg's preaching, fashionable at last.
