No More Vacations From History

Feature: Why is life so hectic? William E. Scheuerman on how high-speed society makes strongmen appealing—and why they can’t really deliver.

Feature: Why does American politics seem to have gotten so nasty? Teresa Bejan on the difference between good and bad civility in a democracy.

Feature: Is dictatorship winning? Adam Przeworski on the puzzle of the world’s richer, angrier voters.

Feature: Is the West cracking up? Georgios Varouxakis on why a feud over who speaks for democratic civilization shows its staying power.

Feature: Why does nothing in the United Kingdom seem to work? A.G. Hopkins on the decades of self-inflicted wounds that have hollowed out the British state.