The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.
Ideas
Michelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing
And that’s her right.
The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression
The algorithmic manipulation of users’ attention is not the same thing as actual human speech.
Pornography Shouldn’t Be So Easy for Kids to Access
The risks associated with childhood exposure to such material are real, and worthy of special attention.
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
How the United States learned to love internet censorship
Emergency Powers Are About to Be Tested
Trump’s potential use of extraordinary authorities may be the first signal of how he intends to govern the second time around.
Where Biden Turned the Battleship
The outgoing president’s legacy of revived antitrust enforcement won’t be easy to undo.
L.A. Isn’t Ready for What’s Next
Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit, and deadly mudslides and debris flows will likely follow.
Brace for Foreign-Policy Chaos
The only certainty is more uncertainty.
Elon Musk Imagined a Cover-Up
The world’s wealthiest man revived an argument that the right already won.