What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire? by Miranda Carter One of the few things that Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany from 1888 to 1918, had a talent for was causing outrage.

When Henry Clay Led the #Resistance by Seth Masket To get a sense of the quandary facing the Democratic Party, look back two centuries, to the plight of the short-lived National Republican Party.

Trump is everything Republicans said Obama was by Tom Nichols They called Obama an inexperienced, self-serving celebrity. Then their party chose Trump.

Trump’s treatment of Canada is another reminder that he’s nothing like Reagan by Fred Hiatt The abject willingness of Republican politicians to discard their supposed fidelity to Reaganite principles has become so familiar in the Trump era that we hardly notice any longer.

What Dr. Ruth told Dr. Kissinger at a dinner with Angela Merkel by George Packer When Kissinger said it was a mistake for Germany to admit a million refugees Dr. Ruth told her own refugee story.

The Miss America Pageant taught us to ogle women’s bodies. Can it now teach us to value their ideas? by Kimberly A. Hamlin As long as beauty pageants exist, it's unlikely.

What the Salem witches can teach us about how we treat women today by Connie Hassett-Walker We must stop targeting nonconforming, vulnerable women.

What Donald Trump doesn’t know about the War of 1812 by Renée Lafferty-Salhany Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?”

Infinite War by Andrew J. Bacevich Like our European Allies in World War I we are mired in a senseless war and don’t know how to stop it.

Lessons From the Gilded Age by Sarah Jones America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?