The Editors

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  • Jun 23, 2025
    The president warned that he wouldn’t tolerate a nuclear Iran. He meant what he said.
  • Jun 11, 2025
    Trump’s assault on international enrollment threatens not just Harvard, but the financial viability of regional colleges and local economies.
  • May 2, 2025
    The editors discuss Pope Francis, whose twelve-year pontificate ended with his death on Easter Monday. Then the staff preview their picks for the upcoming conclave. Rusty Reno and...
  • Apr 21, 2025
    Trump critics say we are in a constitutional crisis. The White House says that’s hysterical. What do our top legal minds say?
  • Mar 24, 2025
    Is April, as T. S. Eliot said in The Waste Land, the “cruellest month”? For most people, we suspect, the jury is still out on that question. For many academic...
  • Mar 6, 2025
    It turns out that Washington spends our money on some very, very stupid things.