Sean Illing

A Harvard political scientist on the three dimensions of populism.

“Someone has to tell Jared Kushner that citizens are his boss, not his customers.”

A Harvard political scientist on the West’s cultural crisis

The astrophysicist on curiosity, bad intellectual habits, and reading National Review.

Author Rosa Brooks on the domestic dangers of an ever-expanding military.

“The reality beneath is much grander and more mysterious than we ever imagined.”

“Big data makes it easy for candidates to dismiss their opponents.”

“If we want the refugee problem to go away, we have to end this war.” —Evgeny Afineevsky