Scroll down past News & Notes for a debate on the question of whether we are in a new Cold War with China, and whether we should be. Pundit-at-large Stephen Macaulay, in the left column, and Bryan Williams, in the right column, find more common ground than disagreement.

Also in this column …

•The California gubernatorial recall and the future of Trump’s GOP, by Jessica Gottlieb.

•Reader comment on the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate.

•Stephen Macaulay on the vaccine mandate.