The regime in Tehran trembles not because of American bombers or sanctions alone, but because its greatest nightmare has always been the Iranian people themselves. […] Source
A few days ago, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation bestowed one of its storied Bradley Prizes on James Hankins, a sometime professor of history […] Source
Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain.
The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.
The new Fed chairman’s dilemma: Should he please the president or fight inflation? The post Kevin Warsh’s Challenge appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Kevin Warsh’s Challenge The new Fed chairman’s dilemma: Should he please the president or fight inflation? Kevin Warsh has a reputation as an inflation-hawk. He resigned from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2011 after it embarked on a second round of quantitative easing (QE) and became a critic of “institutional drift” at the central bank. This would presumably put him at odds with President Donald Trump, a fan of lower interest rates in his New York real-estate developer style, who has dismissed the idea of affordability politics as a “hoax.” Yet Warsh in recent weeks has set aside Warsh 1.0 in favor of Warsh 2.0, who echoes the president in calling…Open
The sacred endures, but all things profane pass away. The post In Search of Undead Malls appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture In Search of Undead Malls The sacred endures, but all things profane pass away. Last month, when I was in the Washington, DC, area for a week, there were two places I knew I wanted to make the time to see: the Washington National Cathedral and the Tysons Galleria shopping center in Fairfax County, Virginia. The combination of these two particular sights would not be at the top of every tourist’s list, but what can I say? The sacred and the profane have always intersected in interesting, unexpected ways in my life. The National Cathedral was, of course, as overpoweringly majestic as it had always appeared to me when I saw it during the televised state funerals of Ronald…Open