In which the New York Review of Books catches up to Broad Street Review, albeit three years later.

With his customarily loony perspicacity, David Brooks of the New York Times has urged President Obama to reject liberalism and conservatism alike and instead embrace the Whig tradition. There’s just one small problem. . . .

Who is Judy Weightman, and what is she doing with Broad Street Review?

People go into public service for many reasons, but at least some of them do so because they’re frustrated actors or audience junkies. Chris Christie’s self-dramatization may be extreme, but it’s hardly unique.

Is it too much to ask a New York Times columnist to spend even five minutes wondering why it’s OK to legalize alcohol, nicotine, uppers, and downers but culturally destructive to legalize pot?

After eight years as editor of BSR, I’ve concluded that it's time for both BSR and me to recharge our batteries.

England faced a genuine crisis in the 17th Century when its population nearly doubled. But today England comfortably houses ten times as many people as it did then. So why does no one talk of an English population explosion today? And why was the Earth even more chaotic when there were no humans at all?

What’s it mean to be an enlightened Jew these days? For that matter, what’s it mean to be an enlightened Catholic? Should you silence offensive ideas and people, or should you try to engage them in dialogue?

To Nelson Mandela, public life was a sacred calling for which he was prepared to die, if necessary. To George W. Bush, it was an awesome if temporary personal experience.

While you were worrying about population growth and energy shortages, one obscure member of the human race may have eliminated the problem. Reason to be grateful he was born, yes?