No Criticism Allowed by PETER WEHNER The New Yorker's George Packer has accused Peter Wehner and others of prejudging President Obama. Wehner responds to Packer's call…
We Can Win in Afghanistan by Max Boot Max Boot explains why analysts are wrong to lose heart when contemplating the first battle of the War on Terror.
A Third Lebanon War? by Michael Totten While the world focuses on Israel's conflict with Hamas in Gaza, an illusory calm reigns over a divided Lebanon.
Where Are We Heading? by PETER WEHNER The first weeks of the Obama administration have offered up some of our new president's characteristic gifts, but also showcased…
Revising Settled Judgments by PETER WEHNER With the success of Iraq's provincial elections, some calcified assumptions about Arab governance, Muslim democracy, and America's regional influence have…
From the Editor: A Magazine and Its Mission by John Podhoretz In the inaugural issue of this magazine, which was published in November 1945, its founder and editor, Elliot E. Cohen,…
India’s Time of Reckoning by Jonathan Foreman The Mumbai massacre struck a stunning blow to India's ruling class. Will it finally spur the country to get serious…
Jews and the 2008 Election by Shmuel Rosner Obama's overwhelming victory once again shattered the Republican Party's hopes for the Jewish vote. The causes: Canny Democratic countermeasures as…
The Baby Moguls, Abbie Hoffman, and Me by Roger L. Simon A reminiscence of Hollywood in 1980, with radical politics and show-business affluence on a collision course.
The Iranian Gambit in Gaza by Jonathan Schanzer Iran's sponsorship of Hamas has long been a cause of political instability inside the Palestinian body politic. Israel's incursion into…
The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff by Joseph Epstein Dr. A. Jerome Minkoff, family practitioner, three years a widower and coming up on his sixty-fourth birthday, met Larissa Friedman,…
The Madoff Scandal and the Future of American Jewry by Jonathan S. Tobin Having been burned by their trust in a co-religionist swindler, Jewish philanthropies must evolve to avoid future disasters and allocate…
The Meaning of Sarah Palin by Yuval Levin The outcry over the woman from Wasilla revealed both a bright future for cultural populism properly leavened by ideas and…
The Television Show That Says You’re Better Than Your Parents by Sam Schulman Despite the hype, Mad Men is little more than a lackluster exercise in generational self-righteousness.
The Trouble With Alfred Hitchcock by Terry Teachout His visual acuity was both his glory and his failing.
“Raw Concrete” by Our Readers Letters in response to Michael Lewis's "The Architect and the Machine."
