by Stephen L. Carter The internet is buzzing with the news that four orders of Roman Catholic nuns have filed a shareholder derivative suit against Smith & […]
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Supreme Court should make it clear Trump is not above the law
by Noah Feldman Should former president Donald Trump be immune from federal criminal prosecution for his conduct in the run-up to Jan. 6? He’s argued both that […]
Hunter not accused of anything new. So why was he just indicted again?
by Harry Litman It’s not necessarily sinister for a prosecutor to go from offering an attractive plea deal to a defendant to throwing the book at him. […]
Tip requests are everywhere
Are Americans greedy or is service worse? by Nicole Russell If you’ve ordered a coffee and been asked to tip your barista at Starbucks and hesitated, you’re […]
I built my own tribe for Hanukkah
by Bliss Goldstein Twenty years ago, I moved from L.A. to San Francisco and then Bellingham, Wash. — so far north I could spit across the border […]
‘I need to end my pregnancy now’
Why Kate Cox is suing Texas over abortion law by Kate Cox We have always wanted a large family, and after our 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son […]
How are people changed by being taken hostage or fleeing bombs?
by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by […]
Security failures before Oct. 7 echo 9/11
by Carl P. Leubsdorf From the outset, the grim parallels have been uncanny. Both the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaida […]
New dietary guidelines for Americans? Nobody cares
by Bobby Ghosh News that the U.S. government’s next set of dietary guidelines for 2025-30 may include warnings against ultra-processed foods should be greeted with ultra-cautious optimism. […]
The union idea and its adversaries
by Andrew Moss American workers made great strides in 2023. Autoworkers, UPS drivers, Kaiser health workers, screenwriters and actors all scored significant gains in earnings and benefits […]
