A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
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.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
A New Sign That AI Is Competing With College Grads
Higher ed doesn’t confer the same labor advantages that it did 15 years ago.
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face
Should the star podcaster take any responsibility for how he uses his power?
The Knowledge That Brings True Happiness
Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college