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The College Kids Who Can’t Do Basic Math
More than 10 percent of new students at a prestigious California university are taking math that covers what they should have learned as far back as…
Tanner Nau
Redistricting Is Ruining Democracy
In a ‘safe’ district, the general election becomes a formality. Instead of being held accountable by a broad cross section of voters, House members…
Charles Lane
America’s Other Second Amendment
After 250 years, Americans should finally accept technology’s place as a key part of our founding ethos.
Katherine Boyle
The War on Knowledge
At the private school where I once taught, the idea was that spelling got in the way of creativity. So I watched as kids wrote ‘macien’ for ‘machine’ at…
Dan Lerman
Why Gavin Newsom’s Trump Act Is Working
California’s governor has concluded that Democrats can beat Republicans by becoming mirror-image Republicans—progressive caricatures of the GOP.
Matthew Continetti
Where Did $100 Million in LA Fire Relief Money Go?
Some Southern California residents say there are few signs of the ‘direct relief’ promised by FireAid.
Madeleine Rowley
He Was Falsely Accused of ‘Blackface.’ It Derailed His Life.
A California high school student’s life was forever changed when a picture of him wearing an acne mask went viral for all the wrong reasons. Five years…
Frannie Block
Things Worth Remembering: ‘Endurance Comes Only from Enduring’
I was the last person in the U.S. to interview the great Czesław Miłosz, before he returned to Poland forever.
Cynthia L. Haven
Daniel Lurie Wants to Save San Francisco from Itself
The city’s progressive experiment failed. Its new mayor says he can clean up the mess.
Peter Savodnik
What Both Sides Get Wrong About Immigration
The LA riots prove we’re missing the point.
Martin Gurri
Trump, the Troops, and the Law
Anyone who says they know for sure what’s legal here is talking out of their ear.
Jed Rubenfeld
Why Gavin Newsom Will Never Be President
As LA burns, American voters see through the Democratic governor’s false narratives.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
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