Walter Russell Mead discusses improving consumer sentiment, the Biden administration’s leaked “Houthi strategy,” Harvard’s latest misconduct allegations, and the brokenness of American institutions on his podcast, What Really Matters.

Caption
This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)