One of the great secrets of successful institutions is that people are loyal to institutions that are loyal to them. If that pact gets broken at one end then it

Condemned to ten years in the gulag, the scholar sat in her cell and translated an epic poem—all 16,000 lines—from memory. Read more

Some people seem to make a career of being ashamed (or at least claiming to be ashamed) of their country. Personally I don’t feel it – apart from when I

Ron DeSantis’s entry into the race has made the Republicans interesting. The contrast with their opponents couldn’t be more striking Read more

Ron DeSantis’ announcement on Wednesday, added to Tim Scott’s earlier in the week, means that the race is finally interesting. Read more

The great Romantic poet lived fast, died young, and scorched it all onto the page. Read more

Not to sound too much like Kamala Harris during one of her peregrinations on the nature of time, but the thing about the future is that it catches up with

Our politicians claim to be seeking to bring the numbers down, while doing nothing to actually achieve that Read more

Every New Yorker knows that any kind of car chase — let alone a two-hour one — is literally impossible in this city. Read more