What Happens When a Poor State Guts Its Public University
Do West Virginia kids of modest means deserve the humanities?
The Fall of Sports Illustrated
A recent AI controversy is just the latest example of its decline.
What Happens When the U.S. Overestimates Its Power
American leaders keep overestimating their control over events in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.
Sandra Day O’Connor, the Mom Next Door—And So Much More
We were neighbors when I was growing up in Phoenix, Arizona. She was always the adult I looked up to.
Expelling George Santos Was a Mistake
Forcing the New York representative out of the House after a conviction would have been justified; pushing him out beforehand is not.
Ron DeSantis Debates His Grievances
For Gavin Newsom, the TV exposure had a clear logic. But for the Florida governor, all that was apparent was his psychic need.
Inflation Is Your Fault
If people are so mad about high prices, why do they keep buying so many expensive things?
What Kissinger Didn’t Understand
His blindness to human suffering was, in the end, both a moral failure and a strategic one.
What If Americans Are Happy at Work?
Persistent employment misery is a myth.
Meet the Super SPAC
The political group No Labels is creating a shell campaign. It will acquire a candidate later.
Netanyahu’s Odd Embrace of Elon Musk
The Israeli prime minister is playing a seedily transactional game.
Three Ways to Tell If Research Is Bunk
Here are some rules for deciding whether a new social-science finding is really useful to you.
The People Who Didn’t Matter to Henry Kissinger
Lauded for his strategic insights, the former secretary of state is better remembered for his callousness toward the victims of global conflict.
The Dual Threat of Donald Trump
Bad things happen when political candidates fear personal consequences of an electoral loss.
C. J. Rice’s Conviction Is Overturned
After a cover story in The Atlantic, a man convicted of a crime he insists he did not commit now has a chance to be freed from prison.
The Latest Victims of the Free-Speech Crisis
The recent censoring of speech on campus is part of a trend that began long before the Israel-Hamas war.
Substack Has a Nazi Problem
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
Trump Wants to Create a National University?
Earlier this month, the former president released a plan for the “American Academy,” and nobody knows what it really means.
My Father, My Faith, and Donald Trump
Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.
Life Really Is Better Without the Internet
What happened after my wife and I removed Wi-Fi from our home