The DEI Catch-22
Columbia researchers believe their grants are being cut because of diversity components that were imposed by the federal government.
There Are Two Kinds of Credit Cards
Yet another way the poor are subsidizing the rich
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
They’re Cheering for Trump in Moscow—Again
Russia, among other autocratic states, is surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Martí, and Radio Free Asia.
The Trump-Tariff Advice: Eat Less
The policy’s real message is “Tax my voters; enrich my donors.”
What the Border-Hawk Catholics Get Wrong
Critics of Pope Francis’s views on immigration are sidestepping a long-standing Catholic tradition—while claiming to uphold it.
The Political Fight of the Century
For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.
Diagramming the Pacific Circuit
In the Bay Area, as elsewhere, the working classes have seen their jobs go overseas and their neighborhoods become unaffordable.
Sex Without Women
What happens when men prefer porn?
‘What About Six Years of Friendship and Fighting Together?’
The stain of betrayal in Afghanistan is now on Republican hands.
The Lesson Trump Is Learning the Hard Way
The U.S. has a lot of leverage over trade—but using it is not as simple as it seems.
Buy, Borrow, Die
How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.
One Word of Truth Shall Outweigh the Whole World
The Russian author’s Nobel Prize lecture contains an urgent message for contemporary audiences.
Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.
The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics
Why some mainstream Black intellectuals are giving up on the landmark decision
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable
We’ve tried before. It didn’t work out.
The Kind of Thing Dictators Do
The decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil is most remarkable for its pettiness, its insecurity, and its failure to grasp the spirit of America and of academia at their best.
Trump Is Unleashing a Chaos Economy
Businesses cannot thrive under this much uncertainty.
Republicans Tear Down a Black Lives Matter Mural
Symbols aren’t just symbols.
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