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Things Worth Remembering: One Easter Night in Europe
Yes, God is everywhere—no farther from us in a Walmart than He is in Vienna’s Stephansdom. But we are creatures of flesh, and a little grandeur helps us…
Rod Dreher
Is Trump’s Mineral Deal Unprecedented? Not Exactly.
For lessons on the president’s offer to Ukraine, look back at FDR.
Ed Conway
Douglas Murray: How MAGA Lost Its Way on Ukraine
Ukraine is not just a country that the Trumpian right has never visited. It is a fantasy country that they imagine they know everything about.
Douglas Murray
The German Establishment’s Last Chance
Immigration drove Germans to the polls in record numbers, and it doubled the AfD’s vote share. Is the next chancellor listening?
Christopher Caldwell
My Ancestors Fled Ukraine. It Was America That Allowed Me to Return.
Our leaders talk endlessly about the cost of beating Russia. They never talk about the more frightening and much more expensive alternative.
Peter Savodnik
Natan Sharansky: A President’s Words Saved Me in the Gulag
Reagan was our lifeline in the Soviet Union. Trump’s rhetoric betrays Russia’s freedom fighters.
Natan Sharansky
The Nazis Did Not ‘Weaponize’ Free Speech. They Crushed It.
On CBS, our era’s historical ignorance hits a new low.
Andrew Roberts
Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine
It is not ‘moralistic garbage’ but a hard and realistic lesson of history that wars are easy to start and hard to end.
Niall Ferguson
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