Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes
The president’s pardons encourage public officials to place personal interests ahead of the interests of the people.
Ideas
The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites
The problem with fixating on inequality, oligarchy, and other abstractions
The Intifada Comes to Bondi Beach
A Hanukkah massacre of Australian Jews
America Is Failing Its Children
Yesterday’s attack at Brown University is just the latest example.
Why the Brown Shooting Felt Different
I’m used to responding to sudden tragedies, but not ones this personal.
Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’
For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.
The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
The spines of the state’s Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped.
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
A Very Trumpian Plan to Close the Wealth Gap
Despite the bombast, the impact of Trump Accounts on the lives of American kids will be trivial.