by Solomon D. Stevens Spencer Cox, the new chairman of the National Governors Association, is promoting the idea of “healthy conflict.” The Utah governor has become concerned […]
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In Aldean’s hometown, they’re trying everything
by Patricia Murphy Country superstar Jason Aldean, who grew up in Macon, Ga., got into hot water recently with the video for his song “Try That in […]
Trump’s indictment reflects the failures of our populist passions
by Jonah Goldberg America blew it. I generally support special prosecutor Jack Smith’s indictments of Donald Trump. The classified documents case is open-and-shut, as far as I […]
It’s getting too hot for airplanes
by Mark Gongloff Lest you think air travel couldn’t possibly get more miserable, climate change is here to prove you wrong. Just as extreme heat makes people […]
Do meaningful coincidences exist?
by Jonathan Zimmerman The Chinese have an expression that I’ve always liked: “No coincidence, no story.” A story should contain some kind of strange or unexpected twist; […]
U.S. education and the great white lies
by David Redman Recent battles over how to teach history in American schools have focused on views of America’s domestic racism, but that’s only one piece of […]
Bidenomics actually worked, but voters aren’t buying it
by Jonathan Bernstein Inflation is receding, unemployment is at or near record lows, US growth continues at a solid pace … and Americans are deeply pessimistic about […]
Republican voters are pushing their party toward a shutdown
by Jonathan Bernstein Republicans have been responsible for every extended government shutdown in U.S. history, and they will probably add to their total this fall. The latest […]
When a thumbs-up emoji gets a defendant a thumbs-down from a court
by Stephen L. Carter Social media is all atwitter — um, all a-X-er? — about the emoji at the heart of the federal court ruling allowing a […]
Where’s urgency to treat long COVID?
by Julia Moore Vogel In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least […]
