City Journal - Eye on the News

December 3, 2016

Eye on the News HEATHER MAC DONALD Democrats, Not Trump, Racialize Our Politics A party obsessed with race won’t have much luck reaching out to non-elite whites. PAUL BESTON On a Sunday Morning Marking 75 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor BOB MCMANUS Bring on the Mad Dog President-elect Trump makes a sterling pick to head the Pentagon. HOWARD HUSOCK The Road to Chappaqua Orwell’s advice for the Democrats FRED SIEGEL French Twist How Marine Le Pen quietly became the left-wing candidate in the French elections AARON RENN The Mayor Trap Trump must avoid the temptation to micromanage individual infrastructure and economic projects—like the Carrier deal. THEODORE DALRYMPLE Still Fawning Over Fidel Richard Gott’s obituary of Castro fails to mention that Castroism was a disaster for Cuba. GUY SORMAN No More Cigars From Jean-Paul Sartre to Susan Sontag, Fidel Castro courted—and received—the support of useful idiots in the West. BOB MCMANUS Cuomo Capitalism High taxes have chased private companies away from upstate New York and enabled corruption. ROBERT BRYCE Where the Bully Winds Blow New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s renewable-energy plan will require forcing small towns to build turbines against their will. MAX EDEN Which Way Forward on Ed Reform? With new leadership in Washington, D.C., the discussion is shifting form whether to expand school choice to how. 10 Blocks Podcast HEATHER MAC DONALD BRIAN ANDERSON 10 Blocks Podcast Anderson and Mac Donald discuss how the Left's anti-police narrative contributed to Trump's victory, and his choice to head the Justice Department. From the Archive MICHAEL TOTTEN The Last Communist City A visit to the dystopian Havana that tourists never see