Two political thinkers, a liberal and a conservative, believe America is headed toward inexorable decline. There are good reasons to believe they’re both wrong.
Books
Thinking Out Loud
An oral history of the twentieth century, dictated on his deathbed, shows that Tony Judt was, to the end, the consummate public intellectual.
Boarish Behavior
Feral pigs are violent, dirty, and ugly, and they ravage every ecosystem they live in—still, who knew killing them could be such fun?
The Greatest Regeneration
The American dream can be revived, says Tom Brokaw, if we can overcome our disunity, and universal national service is the key.
The Last Days of Hugh Trevor-Roper
How a historian who reveled in destroying the reputations of others ruined his own.
The Spy Who Came In from the Heat
How an idealistic spy in Asia challenged the American way of war, and what his tragedy teaches us about finding allies today.
The GOP’s Reality-Based Community
The fall of moderate Republicans wasn’t inevitable. But their resurrection is hard to imagine.
Party of God Knows What
Will Hezbollah remain a movement devoted to war with Israel or a pragmatic political player in Lebanon? That choice could determine the future of the Middle East.
The Campaign-Industrial Complex
Political reform will never happen until candidates and donors realize they’re being ripped off.
Sisyphus Gets to the Top
How America’s forbidding political landscape made health care reform impossible for Clinton and nearly so for Obama.
