I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
Foreign Tourists Are Taking Trump at His Word
Deliberately insulting other countries is bad for the U.S. economy.
Wall Street Blew It
Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake.
Make Smuggling Great Again
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be to turn ordinary Americans who cross the border to shop for cheaper goods into latter-day bootleggers.
The Trump Team Has a Double Standard on State Secrets
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Defying the Courts Will Backfire
The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.
Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change
The Zen of archery is all about learning how to let go.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Designed to Backfire
Instead of leading to reduced trade barriers, the new global tariff plan is all but guaranteed to raise them.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete
The New Jersey senator broke congressional records by speaking for more than 25 hours. How?
Trump’s Salvadoran Gulag
To be deported, one does not need to be a drug dealer or a terrorist; apparently, having tattoos and being Venezuelan is enough.
The Question Progressives Refuse to Answer
As Democrats became the party of proceduralism, they sidestepped a crucial debate.
Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?
Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident.
Students Yelled at Me. I’m Fine.
All Americans should defend campus protesters.
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
A Knapsack’s Worth of Courage
Now, and for some years to come, we will need a lot less Paul Weiss, and a lot more Benjamin Warner.