Marginalia Magazine
Update on the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump’s shifting stance on the Strait of Hormuz is a case study in governing...
Hot Products
Economists track consumer confidence. Political scientists track voting patterns. But if you really want to...
The Divergent Thinking Memory
By Vartan Koumrouyan There was not a before and an after, a physical separation...
The Save Act Won’t Save Anyone
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is built on a premise that refuses to...
Hurt Transformed by the Arts into Healing
By Al Schnupp Milo Sensenig was a husband and father of seven children. He hung himself...
Big Shoes, Small Courage
Abraham Lincoln famously assembled a “team of rivals,” filling his cabinet with some of the...
Stars and Stripes Forever
A version of this piece appeared in The Washington PostIn January, the Pentagon threatened to...
Choose Your Fighter
There is an uncomfortable irony at the heart of today’s politics: the loudest champions of...
