How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left
The hypocrisy of Trump’s language wars
Ideas
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
A Proven Way to Ease L.A.’s Housing Crisis
States around the country are showing Southern California how to rebuild.
How Progressives Broke the Government
Democrats’ cultural aversion to power has cleaved an opening for Trump.
Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views
The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges.
The ‘Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick
The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.
A Blatant Violation of Legal Ethics
DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in its independence from politics—for now.
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
The Opposition Is Already Growing
Trump is getting substantial pushback, both from the courts and from other pockets of civic life.
How to Prevent Trump From Defying the Courts
Other countries have demonstrated three possible paths—not all of which lead to good endings.