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Harris / AP Learning from 1968's Leading Anti-Immigration Alarmist
Enoch Powell gave his xenophobic “Rivers of Blood” speech 50 years ago—but the lessons of its reception still apply today.
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Richard Carson / Reuters Randa Jarrar, Moral Grandstanding, and Forbearance
Fixating on offensive speech amplifies its harms—often, the best course is simply to ignore it.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters The GOP's Problems Are Bigger Than Trump
President Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is overstated. But that doesn’t mean that his downfall would resolve its challenges.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Backlash Against Trump's Syria Strike
Members of Congress in both parties have declared his actions unconstitutional. Will Democrats campaign against their illegality?
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Loudly Insists That He Is Incompetent
Either the Department of Justice is correct that he surrounded himself with lawbreakers, or the people he chose to run the federal justice system are incompetents and rogues.
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Jason Lee / Reuters A Dissent Concerning Kevin Williamson
When the “bonds of affection” are strained, the spirit of generosity and the virtue of tolerance demand extraordinary measures to avert a break.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters How 'Roseanne' Divides the Left
Does the show offer media outlets an opportunity to engage Trump supporters, or present an affront to be shunned by polite society?
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MONTUSE / Dick Iacovello / Penguin Press Behind the Masterpiece: Van Morrison's Astral Weeks at 50
The album was conceived in the milieu of Timothy Leary, recorded with session musicians fresh off commercial-jingle gigs, and only gradually recognized as something like magic.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters Bitcoin's Biggest Winners—or Losers—Are Likely to Be Men
A thought experiment about risk-taking, equity, and gender.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters In Defense of the 'Ugly' Facebook Memo
An executive’s deliberately provocative post offers an encouraging sign that the company is grappling with the forces it has unleashed.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Worst of Times for Hawkish Designs
If Never Trump conservatives believe their own assessments of the commander in chief, they should favor avoiding war during his tenure.
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Reuters What the Stormy Daniels Interview Demands of Congress
Legislators should void any nondisclosure agreements that may be restraining other women from speaking about their interactions with the president.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Embarrassing Bluster
The president’s undisciplined public statements and threats of violence undermine America’s global standing, and degrade the office he holds.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Is Donald Trump Hiding?
A report that the president had senior White House staff sign non-disclosure agreements is the latest reminder of how much he conceals from public view.
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Claro Cortes / Reuters The Unlearned Lesson of My Lai
A half-century after a brutal massacre in Vietnam, the United States still struggles to hold itself accountable for atrocities.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Donald Trump's Night With Rich Donors in Beverly Hills
The president who campaigned as an independent outsider, beholden to no one, asks deep-pocketed contributors for their support.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters YouTube Extremism and the Long Tail
Unlimited selection is revealing ugly truths about what some Americans want in their politics.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Hiring John Bolton Would Be a Betrayal of Donald Trump's Base
The president won the 2016 election with foreign-policy positions antithetical to those championed by the perennially hawkish Iraq War supporter.
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Stephen Lamb / Reuters Intersectionality Is Not the Problem
Neither the term nor the valuable insights it describes should be ceded to illiberal activists.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters The U.S. Teeters on the Edge of Another Catastrophic War
As editorial boards cheer him on, Trump is weighing action against the regime in Syria.
