Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
Ideas
Trump Doesn’t Understand Inflation
Having promised to lower living costs, the president seems keen to make American life more expensive.
Trump and Hegseth’s Hysterical Reaction to an Ad
For the president and his minions, loyalty is more important than legality.
Enough With the Brussels Sprouts Already
Cabbage is the better Thanksgiving option.
Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.
The One Place Trump’s Power Remains Constrained
In the criminal-justice system, when the president’s bluster collides with facts and evidence, he keeps losing.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
California Is Tired of Letting People Die
Long-term involuntary treatment is back. Is it working?
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.