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The Spotlight

Lance Morrow Profane Reality, Sacred Memory

Reflecting on Bobby Kennedy, 50 years after his assassination

May 20 2018
Daniel J. Flynn Bobby, All in All

We’ve mostly remembered a symbol, not a man.

Jun 06 2018
Jun 06 2018
Heather Mac Donald The Climate Litigation Swindle

A flood of lawsuits utilizing junk science seeks to bankrupt energy companies and undermine the basis of American power.

Apr 22 2026
Steven Malanga The New Map of the American Worker

Pandemic lockdowns and remote work have ignited the economies of small metro regions and rural areas, posing a challenge to big cities.

Oct 29 2025
Neetu Arnold Why We Should Be Skeptical About High Graduation Rates

When state exams and standardized test scores show declining student proficiency, there’s no reason to celebrate.

Apr 17 2026
Apr 17 2026
Jennifer Weber New York Leads in School Spending—But Not Student Achievement

Governor Hochul’s proposed budget would further balloon state expenditures on a failing education system.

Feb 03 2026
Feb 03 2026
Wai Wah Chin The Absurdity of the Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union

The National Education Association is hosting a training session that features pronoun-use instructions and “oppression” flowcharts.

Dec 02 2025
Dec 02 2025
Renu Mukherjee The Best Preference: Equal Opportunity for All

As Asian Americans have learned, the beneficiaries of race-based policy one day can become its victims the next.

Dec 26 2025
Stephen Miran The Mismeasure of Money

The Fed should abandon inflation targeting and return to pursuing price stability.

Aug 28 2023
Douglas Murray Living in the Gray Zone of Political Violence

The American Left has a long history of celebrating or excusing purveyors of mayhem.

Sep 23 2025
Sep 23 2025
Jacob Siegel The Phantom Base

Ginned up by social-media influencers, the so-called right-wing civil war has little connection to MAGA voters’ concerns.

Apr 12 2026
Theodore Dalrymple Tough Love

A refusal to face inconvenient facts now pervades our attitude toward relations between the sexes.

Jan 01 1999
Theodore Dalrymple A Horror Story

The case of Frederick and Rosemary West reminds us of man’s capacity for evil.

Apr 01 1996
Guy Sorman China’s Impossible Dream of Order

Haunted by past humiliations, the nation’s leaders seek to restore what they see as its rightful place in the world.

Apr 27 2022
Martin Gurri What Would the World Look Like Without Trump?

The president is the avatar of disruptive forces that transcend him.

Feb 26 2026
Joel Kotkin Mayors to Cities: Drop Dead

Far-left policies on policing, education, and taxation are pushing Los Angeles, Chicago, and others to the brink.

Nov 02 2025