Liberties
is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.
In the Winter 2025 issue:
Tim Wu
explains why the only way for capitalism to flourish in the future is by decentralizing;
Marci Shore
encounters Ukrainian thinkers under fire;
John Summers
tells a true story highly unflattering to God;
Michael Ignatieff
wonders how to lead a liberal life;
James Wolcott
has his way with the celebrity worship at
The New York Times
;
Maurice Isserman
warns about the direction of the contemporary American left;
Sally Satel
documents the politicization of American psychotherapy;
Len Gutkin
reckons with the cultural cost of secularism;
Robert Alter
unpacks the literary greatness of the book of Job;
Elena Kagan
insists on giving William Wyler his due;
Celeste Marcus
takes a hard look at the debate about rape in war;
Leon Wieseltier
ponders the ways in which metaphysics makes life in the physical world bearable; and poetry from
Katha Pollit
and
Yehuda Halevi
.
features essays from leading op-ed writers and 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 political and cultural spectrum read and cherish