Barack Obama got it right. He refused to be held captive to his party’s left wing. He adopted a strenuous policy of border enforcement, even as some […]
Opinion
Legislators messed up PODA. They need to fix it
The thing about legalese — that strange, mysterious language of laws and binding contracts — is that all it takes is one misplaced punctuation mark, one misspelled […]
TikTok ban Congress’ latest moral panic
by Stephen L. Carter We are living in the age of moral panic. We look around, we see a problem, and we rush to outlaw something. Ban […]
Repeat, repeat, repeat
Repetition while teaching children is a necessary tool that allows them to absorb information and to build on it for future understanding. It is why my teachers […]
Without warning, Facebook wrecked a news account
Thursday morning, the staff of The Kansas Reflector got a jolt: Without warning or explanation, every link to their website was erased from their Facebook page. And […]
Trump’s 5-step fascist plan
by Robert Reich On March 29, Trump posted a video featuring an image of President Biden hog-tied — with hands and feet bound together. Trump has previously […]
Dems could hit fail-safe button to keep Trump from taking office
by Joe Battenfeld Desperate Democrats have a last-ditch fail-safe button in their back pocket in case Donald Trump wins the election — invoking the Constitution’s insurrection clause […]
DeSantis has right goal: Protecting young kids from social media
Long is the list of things Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gotten wrong, from guns to immigration to abortion to nonsense culture war salvos compromising academic freedom […]
How can the world make immigration work? Ask Canada
by Tyler Cowen Canada’s population surpassed 40 million last year, recording its highest growth rate since 1957. The vast majority of this growth — 97.6% — was […]
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud: How kindness makes us all stronger
by Melinda Burrell When was the last time someone was kind to you? Or you were kind to someone else? What were the ripple effects of those […]
