Donald Trump

On Richard Hofstadter and the current assault on academia.

On the long history of governments attempting to restrict access to documents about their inner workings.

Revisiting history shows that violence and constitutional disputes are nothing new in US politics.

The recent resettlement of a few dozen Afrikaner “refugees” points to a longer history of U.S. fascination with these Dutch-descended white South Africans.

Lawmakers knew the Fourteenth Amendment would apply to the children of immigrants.

Trump’s threats to take control of the Panama Canal have precipitated a struggle over the country’s sovereignty.

National security governance, then and now.

How did freedom become synonymous with having lots of options?

A historian reviews new books by Peter Beinart, Avi Shlaim and Pankaj Mishra on the project that animates Israel’s violence.

To restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t.

Red Scare can be read as solid history of the years it depicts—and chilling prophecy of the years to come.

What looks like an excess of strength may really be a deficit of liberty.

So why are we still surprised when the tide of blood reaches our own shores?

Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.

The Trump Administration's reasons for resettling Afrikaners echo early U.S. debates about Haiti's independence.

As Elon Musk and Donald Trump engaged in a campaign of mutually-assured destruction, social media saw record new levels of schadenfreude.

"Full Metal Jacket" and the crisis of masculinity.

The political vision that William F. Buckley helped forge was—and remains today—focused less on adhering to principles and more on ferreting out enemies.

Trump’s war against elite academia has created an uncanny parallel to the most dramatic fight in Jackson’s day—the attack on the 2nd Bank of the United States.

The author of a new biography talks about the conservative journalist’s life and legacy.