Liberties Journal of Culture & Politics : Winter 2026

Liberties is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.In the Winter 2026 issue: William Baude on who is the greatest constitutional authority in the land?; Abbas Milani, Ali Khamenei: a profile in dogma; Susie Linfield on the politics of the hardened heart: the Left since October 7; James Wolcott on the very golden age of Donald Trump; Hamze Awawde, a Palestinian's plea for Zionism; Sheila O'Malley on an argument for tactility; Julia Kieserman, what on earth really happens in the cloud?; Agnes Callard on the moral dimension of leisure; Melanie W. Sisson on the new grounds for nuclear fear; Evan Parks on poems, protests, and the crisis in higher education; Andrew Butterfield on good governance in Renaissance art; Mark Edmundson, Robert Frost may have the cure for what ails us; Steve Wasserman on the rise and fall and rise of American publishing; Yahia Lababidi, the poet as seer: Milosz and Merton; Constantin Waldschmidt, when Freud and Rilke went for a walk; Morten Høoslash;i Jensen on a Mann of the middle class; Celeste Marcus, 'I Am Trying To Live A Life I Do Not Understand'; and Leon Wieseltier on the big beautiful mess of the past, the present, and the future. Also including poems by Rosanna Warren, Haris Vlavianos, and Amir Gilboa.Liberties features essays from leading scholars, award-winning writers, the next generation's rising talent, and poets from around the world - there's a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across the political and cultural spectrum read and cherish Liberties.