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Tyler Cowen: Trump Seizes the Means of Production at Intel
We rightly criticize China for its state-owned enterprises. But there can be no other way to describe this terrible new arrangement for the United…
Tyler Cowen
My Family Lives in the Shadow of the American Dream
In a country as wealthy as ours, why are families like mine left out in the cold?
Andrew Tait
The Doctors Trying to Redefine Death
An expanded definition of death for the sake of procuring more organs means killing life to save life.
L.S. Dugdale
The Quiet Gutting of Yosemite
Overflowing trash cans, prison-quality food, and stalled conservation projects: America’s most famous national park is crumbling under Trump…
Rachel Dec
The Democrats Have No Immigration Plan
The question isn’t whether Trump’s plans are bad. They are. Democrats are losing because they don’t have an alternative.
Freddie deBoer
Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Winning One War While It Loses Another
Hamas’s fundamental plan for survival is Gaza’s humanitarian suffering. It’s the catalyst for international pressure on Israel. And it’s working.
Haviv Rettig Gur
Why Blue States Can’t Have Nice Things
At Wheeler Farm in Utah, an employee repaired a broken plank with a nail gun. At the LA Zoo, that same fix could take a report, a contractor, and a…
Jacob Savage
The Democrat Fighting the Gerontocracy
Most Democrats would rather talk about anything other than Biden’s decline and aging politicians. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez isn’t like most Democrats.
Gabe Kaminsky
The Paranoid Policy of Affirmative Consent
It’s the norm on American campuses, and the law of the land in Canada. It means sexual assault isn’t about ignoring a no—it’s about failing to get…
Kat Rosenfield
The Price of Flour Shows the Hunger Crisis in Gaza
There have been tremendous lies told about Israel’s war. That doesn’t mean the threat of starvation isn’t real. It is.
Amit Segal
Niall Ferguson: Milei’s Man-made Miracle
Can a broken economy be fixed? Argentina’s president proves it can. Politics is another story.
Niall Ferguson
America Won’t Exist If We Can’t Build Things
Every great power in history lost its dominance when it gave up its industrial edge. The U.S. must act now to avoid the same fate.
Chris Power
Britain’s War on Speech Comes for the Pub
The UK’s speech police have that most British tradition in their crosshairs: banter.
Dominic Green
Nobody Votes for Podcasters
Contrary to the claims of online influencers, the president’s core achievements align with the priorities of his working-class base.
Michael Lind
Progressives Against Progress
Whether it’s on identity, economics, or merit, the American left is no longer committed to progress. Can it return to the universal values on which it…
Ruy Teixeira
How to Save Higher Ed—and End the Serial Abuse of American Taxpayers
The American people have been enormously generous to our universities. It is time for schools to honor their end of the bargain.
Christopher F. Rufo
America’s Real ‘Liberation Day’ Is Finally Here
This week, Congress will vote on crypto legislation that paves the way for a new era of financial freedom.
Max Raskin
How to Build the Perfect City
If we make our neighborhoods better, we make our lives better, which makes our society better.
Chris Arnade
The Consulting Crash Is Coming
Bloated, overpaid, and outpaced by AI—big firms confront a future they can’t outsource.
Joe Nocera
The Death of the Public Library
Public libraries are in decline not because of the internet or because people are reading less, but because they have become de facto homeless shelters.
Zac Bissonnette
Mamdani Botches the Math on Socialist Grocery Stores
The mayoral front-runner’s $140 million pledge is based on a basic misunderstanding of the city’s current grocery subsidies.
Timothy P. Carney
Congress, Please Do Not Pass the SALT Deduction
The fate of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill may depend on a provision for wealthy blue-state voters who want help paying their property taxes.
Charles Lane
Will Trump Keep Public Lands in Public Hands?
We live in a nation where anyone, rich or poor, has access to such a beautiful diversity of landscapes. The president must block any attempts to change…
Steven Rinella
The Government Is Coming for Our Wilderness. The Falconers Aren’t Happy.
The president’s Big Beautiful Bill threatens not only the environment but also certain Americans’ constitutional right to hunt.
Rachel Dickinson
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