The Cruelty of Trump’s Attack on Food Stamps
As a candidate, Donald Trump frequently promised to “fix” poverty. As president, he has continued to make a big show of concern for poor Americans. “We want to lift every American family out of poverty...
View ArticleBiden’s Big, Obvious Ideas for Criminal-Justice Reform
Joe Biden, ahead of two major speeches before black civil-rights groups later this week, unveiled his plan on Tuesday for reforming America’s broken criminal-justice system. “Equality, equity,...
View ArticleCalifornia Looks to Give Gig Workers Their Due
Konstantine Anthony, a 38-year-old Uber driver, usually starts his morning by picking up a commuter in Burbank, California, and heading over the hills on Highway 5 toward downtown Los Angeles. From...
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Beyond Pelosi
Every time I see Nancy Pelosi patiently spell out the higher political wisdom of refraining from impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, I think of Alan Greenspan. That’s obviously not because...
View ArticleThe Democrats’ New Climate Plan Can’t Be Serious
On Tuesday afternoon, the top three Democratic members of the House Energy Committee unveiled what they called a “bold new initiative” to tackle the climate crisis. Meant as a more moderate alternative...
View ArticleWhich Boris Is Britain Going to Get?
After eighteen years in political office, and a lifetime with his eyes on the prize, Boris Johnson has become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Defeating Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the...
View ArticleThe Media Missed Mueller’s Clear Case for Impeaching Trump
Even before Robert Mueller’s appearance before Congress on Wednesday reached the halfway point, some in Washington concluded that it was a major setback for impeaching President Donald Trump. “So far,...
View ArticlePuerto Ricans Are Tired of Being Powerless
On Monday, frustration that has been building in Puerto Rico erupted, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans flooding the streets and calling for governor Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation. The island and...
View ArticleThe FBI’s Trump-Russia Investigation Continues
It would be understandable if you missed it because it came close to the end of seven hours of repetitive, somewhat inscrutable testimony, but Special Counsel Robert Mueller did make news Wednesday....
View ArticleIs Josh Hawley For Real?
Missouri’s Josh Hawley is as close as the U.S. Senate gets to the Facebook generation. At 39, he’s young enough to have used Hotmail as a teenager and Friendster as a young adult. But his views on the...
View ArticleWe Are All Executioners Now
Fifty-four percent of Americans say they support capital punishment, but very few of them have any connection to it. Almost all death sentences come from just a smattering of counties in California,...
View ArticleWould Trump’s Reelection Doom the Planet?
The urgency of climate change is finally dawning on the public. Two-thirds of Democrats now say they view global warming as a “critical threat,” and most call it the most important issue to discuss in...
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The Man Behind National Conservatism
Last week, the Ritz-Carlton in Washington played host to a much-hyped conference devoted to “national conservatism.” Hosted by the newly-formed Edmund Burke Foundation, the conference sought to sketch...
View ArticleBrazil Is a Bigger Threat Than Either Iran or China
As the manufactured crisis rumbles along with Iran, now ensnaring the United Kingdom, Washington policymakers are increasingly focused on another long-term threat: China. Last week, The New York Times...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Could Beat Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson was elected leader of Britain’s Conservative Party last Tuesday, became prime minister on Wednesday, then set about purging high-level leaders in his own party (one tabloid’s headline...
View ArticleJustin Amash and the Libertarian Future
Earlier this month, Justin Amash, the libertarian representative of Michigan’s Third congressional district, announced that he was leaving the Republican Party, his political home of the last ten...
View ArticleThe Manson Girl Who Got Away
Editor’s Note: August 9 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the so-called Tate murders, when followers of Charles Manson massacred five people, including actress Sharon Tate, in a home north of Beverly...
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The Voice of a Microgeneration
“I’m going insane! I literally am addicted to the web!” wrote Jia Tolentino, aged ten, on an Angelfire site she created in 1999. Two years later, she was publishing several thousand words a week on...
View ArticleTrump’s Cynical War on American Citizenship
Last week, a nine-year-old girl was walking to school with her brother and two friends in San Ysidro, San Diego, when she was stopped by immigration officials, according to reports. The girl was an...
View ArticleThe Opioid Crisis Is About More Than Corporate Greed
“Just like Doritos keep eating. We’ll make more.”“It’s like people are addicted to these things or something. Oh, wait, people are...”These lines are from emails sent between opioid manufacturers and...
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