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It’s Just a Pun, People

The Three Best—and Worst—Things in Trump’s Big Tax Law

The Authenticity Flex

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Does ‘Socialism’ Still Mean Anything?

The High Cost of Low Trust

Artificial Unintelligence

State-Run Supermarkets: A (Bad) Statist Solution in Search of a Problem

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Clear But False

Who’s Running the Pentagon?

Moderate Democrats Fear the Mamdani Effect

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There is No Such Thing as Artificial Intelligence

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Mossad’s Next Challenge

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The Crisis of the Male Protagonist

Larry Summers’ Unfashionable Truth

Extortion in Plain Sight

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A Declaration Against Idolatry

Born on the Fourth of July

To Bribe or Not to Bribe?

The AI New Wave

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Where’s the Outrage?

The Sour Spot

The Road to Smurfdom

Supreme Court Fails to Sway Democrats on Gender Treatment Laws

Mamdani’s Big Apple Upset

When Women Are Radicalized

Does ‘Socialism’ Still Mean Anything?

What the Iran Strike Reveals About MAGA’s Future

Logic Trips Up the Trans Movement

This Is What Nonproliferation Looks Like

Amy Coney Barrett Is Doing Her Job

Japan: Our Undervalued Asian Ally

Generation Z

On Iran and Israel, Marjorie Taylor Greene Is the MAGA Fringe

DNC Resignations Highlight Democrats’ Dysfunction

Kakistocracy at War

‘Radical Chic’ Is a Losing Strategy for Democrats

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The Right Call at the Right Time

What A Prolific Jazz Scholar Taught Us About Antiracism (Albert Murray)

Antisemitic Attacks Put Democrats in a Bind

Warmongers and Kooks

Trump Is Winning the Iran Argument Within MAGA World—For Now

Why We Care About Israel

Who Can Speak for the Silent?

Bordering on Overkill

Yes, Trump Just Nationalized U.S. Steel

TACO, Loco

American Passover

Don’t Rain on the Soldiers’ Parade

Our Best Stuff From the Week Israel Attacked Iran

We Should All Hope Israel Succeeds Against Iran

Democrats Shout ‘No Kings,’ but Maybe They Need One

The Iran Hoax

The Settlement That Will Change College Sports, Explained

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Beyond Good and Evil

The Real Enemy

This Won’t End Well

A Simple Hard Thing

Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Sites

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Let There Be War

What Matt Walsh Gets Wrong About Marriage

This Won’t End Well

Frog Boil

The Inevitable Splintering to Come

Unrest in Los Angeles Continues

Whither the American Automobile

Harm Reduction to Heal America

Useful Idiots for Hamas

Federalist Society in the Crosshairs

There Is No Deep State

The Starlink Conundrum

The Consistency of Donald Trump’s Inconsistency

Union Blues

Pretext Upon Pretext

Will Ruben Gallego Lead Democrats Out of the Wilderness?

Josh Shapiro Warms to National Leadership

It’s Time for the President to Address Our Antisemitism Problem

What Can We Learn from Pope Leo’s First Few Weeks?

Unmet Obligations

Same as It Never Was

Natural Law Does Not Lead to the Unbound Executive

‘No MAGA Left Behind’

Our Debt Is a Problem for the Ages

Make Sarah and Yaron’s Memory a Blessing

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The Oval Office Bully Pulpit

The States Have Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Well in Hand

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Don’t Bail Out the Farmers

Separating Snake Oil From Science

Looting the Palace

Cover-Up of Biden’s Decline Shows Media Should Be More Skeptical

Aviation Safety in the Spotlight

Delayed Reckoning

Nationwide Injunctions vs. Nationwide Executive Orders

High-Speed Fail

The Other Coup

Husbandry Matters

The Empty Ecstasy of Digital Crowds

Temptation as a Public Policy Problem

Young Man, There’s No Need to Feel Down

A Terrible Solution to a Nonexistent Problem

Trump’s Middle East Trip Calls Attention to His Personal Business Ties

‘Deals Are Coming’

The Temptation and the Fall of the Media

Continental Divide

Dispatch Debate: Remote Work Can Be Good for Families, Cities, and Even the Planet

Dispatch Debate: Humans Do Best When They Do Things Together

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Feelings, Facts, and Our Crisis of Truth

The Forgotten Word: Sex Why the discourse on sex and gender is so toxic.

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The Republicans’ Debt Delusion

Anchor, Baby

Don’t Call This Conservatism

Defending the Homeland Requires a Global Presence

Smooth Operator

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Dispatch Debate: Diversity Is Good, Actually

Trump Is a Socialist

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Weak Men Create Hard Times

The Allegory of the Trade

Tensions Again Flare Between India and Pakistan

The Memory Palace

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We're Just Hoping the Ship Sinks

Defending the Citadel

HHS Releases Landmark Review on Youth Gender Medicine

An Absurd Rationale for Provoking a Constitutional Crisis

A New McCarthyism

Donald Trump, Abundance Democrat

Reinventing the Trade Deal Wheel, Only Much Worse

Plot Holes

Star Power

How Iran Is Using a Familiar Playbook on Nuclear Talks

The GOP Considers the Unthinkable: Tax Hikes

Free Speech Crumbles in Europe

Trump and the Courts Near Collision

Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia Deserves Due Process

Trump Steps Up His Media Attacks

Parents, Put Down the Phones

Sobriety Test

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The Cases That Could Stop Trump’s Tariffs

A Pope of Inclusion and Polarization

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case, Explained

The Eternal Badness of Bad Ideas

Short Video Isn’t Just Rotting Our Brains. It’s Rewiring Them.

Water From Stone

Fentanyl Fallacies

The Problem With ‘Fund XYZ!’ as a Cure-All

From Tariffs to Tehran

Get Out by Good Friday, Feds Say to Afghan Christians

Precedent Trump

These Aren’t the Family Values I Remember

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Democrats: Trump’s Executive Actions a Crisis, Not an Example

Democrats Call for Insider Trading Probes Tied to Tariff Pause Announcement

American Soybean Farmers Are Caught in the Trade War Crossfire

Do Republican Voters Still Care About Scandal?

Uncle Sam, Deadbeat Customer

Actually, Wall Street (Kinda) Is Main Street

Meta’s Antitrust Trial Kicks Off

Is Don Bacon a ‘Rebel Republican’?

Whitmer Highlights Democrats’ Disarray

Will 2026 Be a 2020 Redux?

Tiki’s Tide Crests Again

Real Friends Show Up

About Those ‘Manly’ Jobs

The Tech Right Has a Flag. It Just Needs to Plant It.

Radio Silence

It’s Time To Pay Kidney Donors

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Destroying Global Trade

Understanding the Trump Show

Slouching Towards Tyranny

What Do Consumers Get Out of Fair Trade?

Tread and Trade Wars

The Amnesiac Politics of American Leftists

Supreme Court Ruling Shows Guns Not a Priority Under Trump 2.0

Malevolent Laziness

Americans Did Vote for This

Donald Trump, Franklin Roosevelt and the Allure of Permanent Power

A Glimmer of Hope in Gaza

A Pro-Natalism for Normies

Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America,’ Explained

Trump Guts Economic Statistics Advisory Committees

Instead of Impeaching Judges, Congress Could Just Do Its Job

Javier Milei and the Legitimacy of Libertarian Policy

In Better Spirits

The Hurt We Carry

Waiting for Outrage

J.D. Vance’s Europe Hostility Emerges Again

Assessing J.D. Vance’s Claims About Immigration and Economic Growth

The Opportunity Cost of Trolling Our Northern Neighbor

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Funding With Strings Attached Risks Strangling Academic Freedom

Columbia University Has the Free Speech Problem, Not the Trump Administration

The Fake False Dilemmas of Early Parenting

Judge Dread

Elon Musk’s IQ Is Irrelevant

How the Other Half Suffers

Dashed Hopes of Common Sense

Canada Is an Ally, Not an Enemy

Things Everyone Should Know About Trade Deficits

Free Speech Rites

Dispatch Debate: Does the U.S. Need a Strategic Crypto Reserve?

Dispatch Debate: Does the U.S. Need a Strategic Crypto Reserve?

Amy Coney Barrett Is Doing Her Job

Lesser Evils

Elon Musk, the GOP Base, and the Ties That Bind

The Souls of Serfs and Subjects

Republicans Want to Change the Culture. Can They?

How Mickey 17 Values (and Devalues) Human Life

Foreigners Have Feelings Too

Will Trump Actually Balance the Budget?

Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

Russia’s Long Record of Broken Pledges and Treaty Violations

Tulsi Gabbard’s Claims Questioning the Legitimacy of Ukrainian Democracy Are Misleading

How Abandoning Ukraine Could Harm U.S.-European Relations

Republicans Rethink Town Halls in the Era of DOGE

World Health Organization Withdrawal: Right Concerns, Risky Remedy

The U.S. Can Support Global Health Without Backing the WHO

Peace in His Time

Trump Sends Mixed Signals on Defense Policy

Ghosts of the Cold War

From Hawk to Parrot

The Last Good Place on the Internet

Religious Persecution is Part of Russia’s Battle Plan

Toward Good Art, and Art Itself

When the Truth Is Simple but Being Truthful Is Complicated

‘Christian Nationalists’ Have One Little Democratic Point

Donald Trump, Woodrow Wilson, and the Problems of a Free Press

Where Are the Protests?

Judge Trump’s Motives, Not Just His Methods

Can Congress Finally Avoid Stop-Gap Spending Plans?

Sorting Out Claims That Americans Could Receive a $5,000 ‘DOGE Dividend’

Immortal Stupidity, Revisited

Overshadowed or Oversharing?

Kidding on the Square

Throne in the Oval

In Trump’s Washington, Mike Pence Is Odd Man Out

The Perfect Is Not the Only Enemy of the Good

The Republicans’ Underwhelming Budget

Against the Executive Sledgehammer

Why Romantic Movies Are Especially Bloody This Year

Paranoia and Personal Grudges Explain Trump’s Turn on Ukraine

Read My Lips: Tariffs Are Taxes

Twitter Is Real Life

In His Napoleonic Era

‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ Are Trump’s Worst Trade Idea Yet

The Downside of DOGE

Tempted by the False God of Convenience

The IRA Has Made a Little Climate Bang for a Lot of Taxpayer Bucks

The Rule of Law Has Seen Better Days

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How Faith-Based Nonprofits Once Funded By Trump Became Bogeymen

This Cannot Go On Forever

American Indifference Is Ukraine’s Best Shot

The China Excuse

Businesses Scramble for Tariff Exemptions

Comfort in History

A Culture of Fear

The Trump Gaza City Hotel and Casino

Baseless SLAPP Suits Threaten the Speech Rights of all Americans

Letting It Rip

Saving Face

Christianity’s Imprint Remains in a Secularizing Europe

History Will Not Have Mercy on Joe Biden

Millions of ‘Missing’ American Men Aren’t Really Missing

Meet the Witches of Bucha

Against ‘But ...’

The Country Club Radical

Killing Time

No Mandate, But Still a Mess

Impeach Joe Biden … Seriously

Pardoning Liz

A Patina of Legitimacy

Politics Will Return

The Nuclear Option

Trump’s Win Solidifies the Shifting Dynamics Among Washington Republicans

The Mount Rushmore of Putzes

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Remembering Humility as a Virtue

Why Kamala Harris Lost

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The Original American Witches

Thirty Years Later, ‘Pulp Fiction’ Still Searches for the Good

To Renew Culture, Give Up Control

Are Americans the New Romans?

The Other Cuba

What the Birth Dearth Means for Public Schools

Hamas Is Monstrous. Most Gazans Agree.

Supporting Public Schools Is an Opportunity for Christian Charity

San Francisco, the Vetocracy by the Bay

The Quietly Momentous First Continental Congress

‘Why Did They Only Send Conscripts to Defend the Border?’

The Imaginary Undecided Voter News Junkies

A Voice Crying Out ‘On the Waterfront’

Tim Walz’s Selective Neighborliness

Kamala Harris Introduces Herself With a Shift to the Center

The Campaign to Kill (Or, At Least, Really Annoy) All the Serious Economists

Bearing False Witness

David French Defends His NYT Kamala Endorsement

In Vibes We Trust

How the Democratic Party Abandoned Rural Voters

What’s Behind the Antitrust Ruling Against Google?

If It Has to Be Harris …

Baby Bust

Ace Frehley’s Paranormal Instincts

‘Horizon’ Begins a Civilizational Saga

The Bread-and-Circus Stage of American Decline

Nikki Haley Pitches Trump to Reaganites

Vance Is In, Reaganism Is Out

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It’s Democrats’ Turn to Make the Hard Decision

Trump Is ‘Absolutely Immune’ … Kind Of

Major League Baseball Reckons With Its Past

American Passover

The Most Captivating Character in ‘House of the Dragon’

Father's Day Gift Offer

The Greatest Generation’s Greatest Gift

Misunderstanding Francis

Nvidia’s Blockbuster Quarter and the Value of ‘Compute’

Choosing Not to Choose

Humor Is a Cool Medium

The Death of a Butcher

Sports Are Great, but Stadium Subsidies Stink

There Are Two Sides to Every Debt

The Pulitzer for Propaganda Goes to ...

My Catholic-Jewish Neighborhood

Let’s Stop Romanticizing the Cult of Protest

Rocky Loses

200 Days of Missed Milestones

Private Affairs

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is No Neville Chamberlain

Gaza Changed Urban Warfare

Grandma Was Right

For Front Line Ukrainian Troops, American Dithering is Devastating to Morale

Nikki Haley's Super Tuesday Countdown

Nations, Nation-States, and Nationalism

‘Hope Without Hope’ on Ukraine’s Frontlines

Apple’s Vision Pro Doesn’t Augment Reality—It Sacrifices It

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Politics Wasn’t Meant to be Loved