by Jessi Hollis McCarthy Each April Fools’ Day, you might brace yourself for tricks from friends and family and on social media. With all the swirling in […]
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The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial
by David A. Hopkins Gun politics in the U.S. demonstrates that a popular majority does not always get its way. Even though most Americans support stricter gun-safety […]
Nashville shooting shows what Second Amendment was not meant to protect
by LZ Granderson Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew nothing would change. A madman […]
The concerns over TikTok are right
by Jonah Goldberg In a remarkable display of bipartisanship, Congress went to war with the social media app TikTok last week. The House Energy and Commerce Committee […]
Putin ups ante with nukes in Belarus
by Andreas Kluth Let’s all hope that Chinese President Xi Jinping sees this outrage as a personal affront and gives his “friend” in Moscow a good talking […]
Trump’s Stormy Daniels payoff could finally get him indicted. But should it?
by Jonah Goldberg “There is hardly any political question in the United States that sooner or later does not turn into a judicial question,” Alexis de Tocqueville, […]
‘Cancel culture’ has its merits, but the left is ready for a better approach
by Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow It used to be almost exclusively the political right that complained about the amorphous boogeyman known as “cancel culture.” Recently, at […]
Republican disagreement over Ukraine support echoes isolationists of WWII
by Carl P. Leubsdorf The pointed exchanges among Republican presidential candidates and lawmakers about the U.S. commitment to Ukraine is a reminder that some policy debates never […]
Provide a résumé, cover letter — and access to your brain?
by Nita Farahany Modern workers increasingly find companies no longer content to consider their résumés, cover letters and job performance. More and more, employers want to evaluate […]
For Iraqis like me, the U.S. invasion 20 years ago isn’t a distant memory
by Mortada Gzar In March 2003, I was in my second year at the University of Baghdad, studying engineering. The U.S. invaded Iraq and my dormitory emptied […]