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The Spotlight

Marc Landy A Sense of Sin

Journalist Murray Kempton’s left-conservatism abhorred greed, inequality, and sectarianism.

Mar 15 2026
Charles F. McElwee Story of His Life

Novelist Jay McInerney captured the zeitgeist of New York a generation ago—and he’s still at it.

Apr 25 2025
Stephen Eide When Heroin Hit Jazz

Fascination with a deadly drug ravaged a generation of great American musicians.

Sep 13 2024
Bruce Bawer Life Happens

Michael Apted’s ongoing Up series remains a profound work of art.

Nov 25 2020
John H. McWhorter Jason Arday and Academia’s Self-Seeking Pursuit of Virtue

On both sides of the Atlantic, white professors think that suspending judgment when it comes to black scholars makes them good people.

Aug 10 2026
Aug 10 2026
Harry Stein Don’t Expect Media Apologies—Ever—for the Duke Lacrosse Case

The journalists and outlets that helped mobilize the hysteria back in 2006 shrug at Crystal Mangum’s belated admission of the obvious: it was all lies.

Dec 22 2024
Dec 22 2024
Rafael A. Mangual If Wishing Could Make It So

The disappointment expressed by some on the left about Jussie Smollett’s apparent hoax reveals their commitment to black victimhood.

Feb 19 2019
Feb 19 2019
Heather Mac Donald L'affaire Blair

At the paper of record, it seems, ideology trumps truth.

May 13 2003
May 13 2003
James B. Meigs “I Represent Science”

Anthony Fauci’s autobiography unwittingly reveals his transformation from an open-minded scientist to an imperious, unaccountable public-health bureaucrat.

Jul 16 2024
Jul 16 2024
John Tierney The Panic Pandemic

Fearmongering from journalists, scientists, and politicians did more harm than the virus.

Jul 18 2021
Steven Malanga The Virus and the Economy

Widespread quarantines and shutdowns of industries have human costs, too.

Mar 08 2020
Mar 08 2020
Victor Davis Hanson Some Coronavirus Humility

The pandemic may prove as bad as some warn; it is also possible that our response could prove as harmful as the virus itself.

Mar 16 2020
Mar 16 2020
Shawn Regan The Rare-Earth Reckoning

How America outsourced the materials of modern power—and what it will take to get them back

Mar 01 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
Park MacDougald Can Democrats Pivot to the Center?

The party’s activist wing is formidable.

Apr 21 2025
James Panero Marx of the Libido

The destructive influence of Wilhelm Reich, father of the sexual revolution

Sep 08 2024