The Cicerone
Fulvio De Bonis can’t get you lunch with the pope. Anything else in Rome, he can probably make happen.…
Category: Opinion
Russia and America Are Rediscovering the Limits of Nuclear Weapons
They buy deterrence. That’s about it.…
Party Machines Weren’t So Bad After All
By empowering political parties, the Supreme Court has delivered a win for American democracy.…
The Honorable Gentleman for Ukraine
Senator Lindsey Graham made the last foreign trip of his life to a nation he never gave up…
What Lindsey Graham Wanted
The senator always sought relevance.…
Trump Loses His Wingman
The South Carolina senator’s sudden death leaves a void that the White House can’t afford.…
The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina senator made a mid-career turn to MAGA.…
The Scrubbed and Simple Moon
A poem…
It’s Not Just Annoying, It’s Inescapable
We are stuck with AI’s favorite writing tic.…
NATO Is Going Strong, Actually
Trump hasn’t made the alliance less resilient or less necessary.…