by Jeremy Mohler If you listen to Republican presidential hopefuls like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, you will hear that the American public education system is filled with […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
Sweden and Finland give NATO a strategic opportunity in the Arctic
by James Stavridis In the wake of Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance can take a well-deserved victory lap. I commanded […]
How should you offer help to someone you perceive as disabled?
by Meg Zucker Whenever I leave home, I am constantly subjected to acts of kindness. I know that’s supposed to be a good thing. But throughout my […]
What is the future of gay rights?
by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the civil rights laws, is […]
Yes, cluster munitions are awful. No, that doesn’t mean the U.S. shouldn’t give them to Ukraine
by Jonah Goldberg The controversy over the Biden administration’s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions reminded me of my old boss William F. Buckley’s famous rejoinder […]
The cruel economics of life-saving drugs
by Rekha Basu Ajit “Ayaan” Sharma, a skinny 11-year-old with dark eyes that gleam like headlights, bounces around a New Delhi home on the balls of his […]
How the Titanic’s tragic wreck became a money-making scheme
by Stephen Mihm The ill-fated passengers who died trying to visit the wreck of the Titanic paid an extraordinary price for the privilege: $250,000 each. This is […]
We never use torture, nuclear weapons or cluster munitions, unless we need to
by John M. Crisp No terrain is more difficult to defend than the moral high ground. As a rule, however, America has done a decent job of […]
Supreme Court’s term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats
by Jackie Calmes Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. The same lopsidedly right-wing Supreme Court that since June 2022 has […]
A declaration of non-independence — for women
by Carla Hall If men could get pregnant, the saying goes, the Declaration of Independence might well have declared that all men are endowed with the right […]
