Ari Paul / 08 Jun 2026
Remembering the Future: The New Jewish Antinationalism
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
It’s easy to see why Yiddish culture is attractive to Jewish leftists.(...)
New York
Charlie Bertsch / 27 May 2026
When Models Ruled the World
Supermodel, Self-Titled
Supermodel is a striking example of meta-nostalgia, full of longing for an era it simultaneously deconstructs.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 26 Mar 2026
Peace Through War
Israeli Illusions About Iran
In every war, persuading people is necessary.(...)
Ari Paul / 12 Jan 2026
Never Mind the Natives: Trump’s Settler Colonialism
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
Still high on their successful kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, Donald Trump and his lackeys are now ramping up rhetoric that the US should take over Greenland, a Danish territory.(...)
Ari Paul / 02 Dec 2025
Elliot Cosgrove: Clerical Counter-Revolutionary
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
Elliot Cosgrove, rabbi at the Park Avenue Synagogue on Manhattan’s swanky Upper East Side, is calling for a religious rebellion against the incoming New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a socialist and Muslim immigrant born in Uganda.(...)
Ari Paul / 10 Nov 2025
From Londonistan to New Yorkabad: The Meaning of Mamdani’s Victory
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
On social media, one of the most common conservative reactions to Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race is that the Big Apple will soon resemble London.(...)
Ari Paul / 07 Nov 2024
Surviving Trump’s Return
Prioritising Local Politics
I made peace with the reelection of Donald Trump a few weeks ago because this has happened before, and the only reason Trump lost in 2020 was the pandemic and its economic devastation.(...)
Henrietta Foster / 03 Oct 2024
Three Women and Their Houses
Carrington, Guggenheim and Pryde Nicholson
Buried in Rottingdean, Angela Thirkell wrote a book about the three houses she remembered from childhood.(...)
John Foster / 02 Aug 2024
The End of an Era
Remembering Lewis Lapham
The death of Lewis Lapham feels like the passing of an era, not simply in the rarified world of America’s literary elite.(...)