Patriotism
Q. & A.
Putin Has a Patriotism Problem
The Kremlin depends on “passive loyalty” from the Russian public. What if winning the war in Ukraine demands something more?
Q. & A.
The Collapse of American Identity
In a new book, the journalist George Packer argues that the country is divided into four warring factions.
Daily Comment
Bob Woodward on a Nightmare Presidency
The revelations in Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” fill in a well-known portrait with sharper focus and more lurid colors.
Shouts & Murmurs
New Acceptable Forms of Patriotism in 2020
Making all Muppets orange, draining all swamps and repurposing them as golf courses, and other newly patriotic acts.
Daily Comment
Beto O’Rourke, John McCain, and Respecting Fellow-Americans
The claim that it is disrespectful to the military to protest unchecked state violence directed largely at black people is rooted in a euphemistic version of the American past and a blinkered version of the present.
Daily Comment
John McCain, Honor, and Self-Reflection
Staten Island Postcard
Star-Spangled Paintings on Staten Island
Scott LoBaido’s enormous renderings of the American flag have been subject to vandalism and even arson.
Daily Comment
Trump and Obama: A Night to Remember
Letter from Ukraine
Waiting for War
Onward and Upward with the Arts
Road Show
Letter from China