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The Spotlight

Heather Mac Donald Luigi Mangione and the American Abyss

The assassination of Brian Thompson does not call for a “conversation” about health care—it calls for a reckoning with Americans’ moral breakdown.

Dec 23 2024
Steven Malanga Marriage, Then Mortgage

Much of the racial gap in homeownership is tied to rates of family formation.

Jonathan Clarke The Great Gatsby at 100

Fitzgerald’s novel has lost neither its glamour nor its moral force.

Jan 18 2025
Theodore Dalrymple “The Knife Went In”

On the tendency of criminals to describe their deeds using the passive mood

Claire Berlinski 1 Million Dead in 30 Seconds

In an increasingly urbanized world, earthquakes threaten unprepared cities with mass destruction.

Heather Mac Donald The Partner Chase

An elite law firm’s inability to promote enough minority partners exposes the unrealistic expectations of diversity mandates.

John O. McGinnis Lawyers for Radical Change

The legal profession, once a guardian of republican government, is now a force for social upheaval.

Jonathan Clarke Many Summers of Love

For Roger Angell, who died in May at 101, baseball was the subject of a lifetime.

Jun 10 2022
Martin Gurri Lost in the Funhouse

Democrats need to find a way out of their house of mirrors.

Theodore Dalrymple All Sex, All the Time

Enlightened as we believe ourselves to be, a golden age of contentment has not dawned—very far from it.

Heather Mac Donald The True Purpose of the University

Students would scorn free speech less if colleges honored their mission to transmit knowledge.

James Piereson The Big Fix

Looking back at college basketball’s first great scandal, which dethroned the game from its place atop New York sports.

Oct 01 2017
John Tierney Won’t Get Fooled Again

After the pandemic, Americans should never let public-health authorities deprive them of their liberties.

Theodore Dalrymple The Barbarians at the Gates of Paris

Surrounding the City of Light are threatening Cities of Darkness.

Jonathan Clarke John Updike and the Politics of Literary Reputation

A decade after his death, one of our greatest literary stylists has fallen into critical disfavor.

Sep 24 2021