March 4, 2026 Issue

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Digital Edition

FEATURE

America off the rails: A political class without restraint stokes fear and division

by Isaac Schorr

✪ Left-wing late night and the law: The latest Colbert controversy highlights dated broadcast regulations

by Jay Caruso

✪ White-collar workers, blue donors: The professional class turns on the cash spigot for Democrats

by Robert Schmad

✪ Royal reckoning: Jeffrey Epstein is stranger than fiction

by Daniel Ross Goodman

✪ Seth Moulton believes Massachusetts Democrats need a younger senator than Ed Markey

by Juliegrace Brufke

Your Land

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America’s sweetheart vs. American psycho

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Sports media don’t meet the moment

by Zachary Faria

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Enough with the savings accounts

by Conn Carroll

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A woman’s work is never done

by Timothy P. Carney

Business

BUSINESS

Supreme Court’s Trump tariffs slap-down could limit, if not end, economic damage

BUSINESS

AI is our only hope to avoid austerity with a shrinking US population — unless Bernie Sanders gets his way

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Trump makes patriotism a battlefield in midterm elections

Washington Briefing

Congress re-funds the Education Department

by Kevin R. Kosar

Donald Trump and Mark Carney: ‘Clash-mates’?

As war in Ukraine enters fifth year, peace remains elusive

by Jamie McIntyre

Republicans have a rare shot at winning the California governorship

The Columnists

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Dominic Green

Making Mexican waves

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Guy Benson

Resistance-obsessed Democrats waltz into Trump’s trap

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Timothy P. Carney

In Trump’s GOP, the sexual revolution has won

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Dan Hannan

Better Donald Trump than Keir Starmer

Life & Arts

Film

Killer maker: Review of ‘How to Make a Killing’

by Peter Tonguette

TV

A time for choosing

by Graham Hillard

On Culture

Thirty years of anti-intellectual pretexts for hating Infinite Jest

by David Polansky

Life in Uniform

The legend of Ricket’s Charge

Books

An oilman meets his maker

by Christopher J. Scalia

Books

Sounds of silence: Review of ‘I Give You My Silence’

by Malcolm Forbes

Books

Franklin’s failed conquest

by Michael Taube

Long Life

Curling up with the Good Book

More from the Magazine

Business

Supreme Court’s Trump tariffs slap-down could limit, if not end, economic damage

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Obituary

Robert Duvall, 1931–2026

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