A Journal of Ideas

Book Reviews

The Forever Wars

The 20 years since 9-11 have seen many changes to U.S. foreign policy—not many of them good.

By Laura Rozen

Jungleland

New York, New York: Unimaginable, sometimes almost uninhabitable; and without question, the Greatest City on Earth.

By Eric Alterman

Proving Democracy Works

By Daniel Ziblatt

The COVID Crises (Plural)

By Diane Coyle

Unfulfilled

Amazon and its warehouses have changed our consuming lives for the better—but at a high price to our working lives.

By Steven Greenhouse