People Are Urging Bernie Sanders to Back a Gaza Cease-Fire. Here’s Why He Hasn't. People Are Urging Bernie Sanders to Back a Gaza Cease-Fire. Here’s Why He Hasn't.
Sanders has insisted on supporting a “humanitarian pause” instead of a cease-fire. To understand why, you have to look at his personal history.
Nov 3, 2023 / David Klion
Memo to Biden: Israel and Ukraine Are Not the Same Memo to Biden: Israel and Ukraine Are Not the Same
In linking two very different wars, Biden undermines Ukraine’s moral and legal case for sovereignty.
Nov 1, 2023 / David Klion
Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New
Tolerance, rigor, open-mindedness, and a willingness to countenance doubt and contradiction apparently are all values the magazine champions in theory but tends to ignore in pract...
Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
Should NATO Exist? Should NATO Exist?
David Klion argues that NATO’s function now is to contain a war, while Chase Madar writes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the US’s European allies are capable of defen...
Apr 15, 2022 / Editorial / David Klion and Chase Madar
Letters From the March 21/28, 2022, Issue Letters From the March 21/28, 2022, Issue
Holding to account…
Mar 8, 2022 / Letters / Our Readers, Vijay Prashad, and David Klion
Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled
What’s most striking about the Mailer contretemps is how it embodies so many aspects of the current discourse around cancel culture and free speech.
Feb 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
What Should the Left Do About China? What Should the Left Do About China?
Progressive thinkers are developing a foreign policy approach that opposes military confrontation while acknowledging Beijing’s oppressive policies.
Jan 11, 2022 / Feature / David Klion
Who Is the University of Austin For? Who Is the University of Austin For?
The project’s uphill battle points to a deeper contradiction within what might be called neo-neoconservatism.
Nov 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden) A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)
The one thing that the Senate cannot stomach is telling the truth about the Republican Party.
Feb 23, 2021 / David Klion
Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics
In her new book, Applebaum attempts to understand why some of her intellectual bedfellows moved to the far right.
Jan 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Klion