Samuel Moyn

Should equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics?

The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.

A conversation about the Cold War’s profound and negative influence on the liberal worldview.

Lionel Trilling crystallizes the cynical Cold War liberalism that sacrificed idealism for self-restraint.

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.

American pundits say Putin is undermining the international order. But the ability of great powers to ignore the rules is a lamentable part of the system.

Two new books argue that the War on Terror changed American politics, but what if the sources of its violence were already long present in the country?

How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice.

Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power.

Comparison to Nazism and fascism distracts us from how we made Trump over decades.

After serving in Vietnam, Richard Holbrooke became a proponent of soft power. He would then contribute greatly to American foreign policy.

We say we’re a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?

America’s obsession with beef was born of conquest and exploitation.

Historians are losing their audience, and searching for the next trend won’t win it back.