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Walz proved a much less impressive debater than anyone could’ve imagined
Ben Domenech
Middle East
Biden and Harris reportedly want credit for Israel’s success, but an arsonist playing firefighter deserves no applause
Richard Goldberg
Netanyahu may now get the war some have accused him of wanting all along
Paul Wood
Right now, the attack looks constrained
Charles Lipson
It wants Israel to de-escalate but backs Israel up when it chooses to escalate
Daniel DePetris
American Life
The fringes of fame, the outer purlieus of power, are always much more interesting than the epicenter
Bill Kauffman
What comes next in the Middle East
Europe
When you look at the maimed bodies of these soldiers you are looking at a ghastly reproach to our delay
Boris Johnson
The right endorsed the initiative, calling it ‘a first step toward a return of authority in schools.’ The left sees it as a distraction
Jonathan Miller
269-269
A constitutional primer on picking the new president
If the Washington elite had its way, every national government from now until Doomsday would be another Popular Front
Chilton Williamson, Jr.
A Voyage Around the Queen is an extraordinarily original, enlightening and fresh look at Elizabeth II
Philip Hensher
Like the Tonle Sap river, this is a country in miraculous reverse
Sean Thomas
The magazine our parents were once afraid to buy us is now being praised in a book published by the Library of America
Scott Bradfield
Our staff picks what to watch out for this October
The Spectator
At some point, will this essential piece of drinker’s kit be seen only in a museum?
Henry Jeffreys
When I’m old, I won’t have arthritis, and my blood pressure will be the cynosure of three counties
Jane Stannus
Could the domestic plumber one day be better regarded and better paid than the jobbing lawyer?
Matthew Parris
It isn’t news that foods go in and out of fashion
Orlando Bird
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
China
The reality of the new Sino-Russian pact may be less threatening — and more complex — than it appears
Owen Matthews
Letters
Californication and tiring of travel
Family
Pets are woven into the fabric of your life — but more than that, your life revolves around them
Bridget Phetasy
Politics
J.D. Vance has put a regional identity created by politics at the center of the election
James S. Robbins
Media
An incurious media memory-holes the MAGA rally shooting
Drew Holden