Why More Americans Aren’t Happy for Gregg Popovich
The basketball coach who in recent years has questioned the soul of America brought home the gold for Team USA.
‘The Revelation Was That I Was the Problem’
A doctor nagged his twin brother to lose weight—but family arguments about food can be destructive.
The Pandemic Business Boom
COVID-19 killed countless businesses. Surprisingly, it also launched a whole bunch of new ones.
Relax, America: The Vaccines Are Still Working
They’re not perfect and they never were. But they remain the only way to end the pandemic.
Tucker Carlson’s Self-Loathing International Tourism
Why the Fox News host—and other conservatives who dislike today’s America—happily assumed roles in an autocrat’s public-relations campaign
The Capitol Rioters Attacked Police. Why Isn’t the FOP Outraged?
Police unions aren’t usually bashful about defending officers, but they’ve been conspicuously subdued in discussing the January 6 attacks.
The International Travel Restrictions Make Little Sense
Few leaders seem concerned about what we might lose by being cut off from one another.
The Myth of the Golden Years
Whether economic times are good or bad, the lament for the old days of factories and mills never changes.
Unvaccinated People Need to Bear the Burden
Beyond limiting the coronavirus’s flow from hot spots to the rest of the country, allowing only vaccinated people on domestic flights will change minds, too.
How the Bobos Broke America
The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction.
Don’t Let Anyone Normalize January 6
If you can shrug it off as just another incident of Trump talking too much, then you have already signed up for the next incident—and the one after that.
A Crimson Tide of Debt
Instead of propelling students into the middle class, many public institutions such as the University of Alabama are leaving them saddled with large loans.
The Anti-vaccine Con Job Is Becoming Untenable
Why targets of deliberate deception often hesitate to admit they’ve been deceived
If the Hardiest Species Are Boiled Alive, What Happens to Humans?
The June heat wave caused billions of deaths.
Who Owns Amanda Knox?
Fourteen years ago I was wrongfully convicted of murdering my roommate. Ever since, the world has believed it can tell me who I really am.
I Watched Cuba Crumble From the Inside
The frustrations that burst into public view this month have been simmering for decades.
‘Why Are We Not Vaccinating Children Under 12?’
An infectious-disease doctor on what we know about the Delta variant and the risks that lie ahead.
The Insurrection Was Just Part of the Plot
The full contours of Trump’s effort to overturn the election are coming into view.
Time for Covidnomics
Government has done what it can. Now we need to use the power of free markets to fight the pandemic.
Delta Is Ruining the Summer, and It’s Anti-vaxxers’ Fault
The vaccines promised freedom, but political opportunists have spoiled that.
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