A giant of nineteenth century literature, Émile Zola’s life and writings show that realism can be an antidote to the pathology of radicalism.

Cass Sunstein’s defense of big-tent liberalism is welcome, but not without its flaws.

Europe cannot deter Putin on its own.

Even if the president has no right to interfere with the duties of executive officers, he still always has the constitutional right to remove them.

Finding solutions to our environmental problems requires first understanding humanity’s place in the larger ecosystem.

Writing in the nineteenth century, Rose Wilder Lane decried Europe's repressive government. Who's freer now?

Politicians and other celebrities should remain silent on medical subjects in which they have no expertise.

In his new book, Andrew Preston explores the origins of the modern, all-encompassing concept of “national security.”

Margaret Thatcher was the most consequential female politician of the last century. Yet her rise to power was an unpredictable and unlikely outcome.

Stablecoins—a new digital currency—present problems for Congress’s constitutional duty to regulate the coinage of money.