Franklin Foer

The intellectual world that Norman Podhoretz created

Until now, no president had yielded to royal temptations from abroad.

A deepfake president molds perception to serve his own interests.

The release of the remaining October 7 captives shows that hope can survive even in the darkest hole.

Israel’s Last Chance

Trump withdrew from the fight against kleptocracy, and other countries have absorbed that fact.

The university’s agreement with the Trump administration bodes ill for American higher education.

To fend off illiberalism from the White House, the university’s president also has to confront illiberalism on campus.

The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.

If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.