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Apocalypse Never

Contra the critics, the advent of nuclear weapons has made the world far safer.

Mike Coté

10 Jun 2024 · 12 min read

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Agitprop at the AHA

If the American Historical Association formally adopts a resolution accusing Israel of “scholasticide,” it could destroy the organisation’s reputation for serious scholarship.

Jeffrey Herf

15 Jan 2025 · 15 min read

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Syrian Torture, Then and Now

The atrocities committed by the Assad regime were no secret—but they were met with Western inaction.

Susie Linfield

14 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

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Memorial Daze

Notions of injury or exclusion are often based on shifting cultural sensitivities and political pressures, rather than on any permanent, universal measure of good and evil.

George Case

14 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

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The Tyranny of Fragility

How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture.

Samuel Veissière

13 Jan 2025 · 8 min read

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Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.

Claire Lehmann

12 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

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Podcast #267: The Tragedy of California’s Wildfires

Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Southern California scholar William Deverell about what he calls the ‘new fire regime in the American West.’

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