September 17, 2025 Issue

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FEATURE

The media fail the public on Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk

by Daniel Ross Goodman

✪ Anger, lack of leadership, and unpopularity plague the Democratic Party

by W. James Antle III

✪ Candidate quality matters: Republican primary voters need to put their party in the best position to win

by Kimberly Ross

✪ The Hamas unit that hunts Palestinians

by Sean Durns

✪ A revolution left to soak: Celebrating the invention of the dishwasher

by Jeremy Lott

Your Land

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Unintentional or on purpose, California can’t keep the lights on

by Zachary Faria

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The Charlie Kirk crisis

by Jeremiah Poff

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Disney and our lost sense of community

by Conn Carroll

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The party of careerists

by Timothy P. Carney

Business

BUSINESS

DC-area economy, seemingly ‘recession-proof,’ is looking shaky

by Taylor Millard

BUSINESS

Why Trump is vindicated by the latest jobs revisions

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Charlie Kirk’s death is America’s turning point

Washington Briefing

Rejoining Congress would mean a big pay cut for this top Hill staffer

Whitehouse vs. the White House: A Rhode Island Democrat emerges as a top Trump antagonist

With a name change, Trump has the Pentagon on a war footing

by Jamie McIntyre

Judge’s Google antitrust ruling singes but doesn’t burn search giant

by Jessica Melugin

The Columnists

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Timothy P. Carney

What happens after Trump in steel and coal country?

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Dan Hannan

Reactions to the Charlie Kirk assassination reveal a nation on the brink

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Dominic Green

Mr. Green goes to Washington, DC

Life & Arts

Books

From cold to hot with Andrey Kurkov

by Ben Sixsmith

Books

Review of ‘Midnight on the Potomac’ by Scott Ellsworth

Long Life

Name change

Film

Godzilla then and now

by Michael Taube

On Culture

Knickknack diaspora

Life in Uniform

The hardcore paradox

Books

Review of ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ by Arundhati Roy

by Malcolm Forbes

TV

Papering over ‘The Office’

by Michael M. Rosen

More from the Magazine

Business

DC-area economy, seemingly ‘recession-proof,’ is looking shaky

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Obituary

Charlie Kirk, 1993-2025

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