The State of the Union Revealed a Sad Reality
Donald Trump misused the annual presidential tradition in ways so radical as to call the ritual itself into question.
Ideas
The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month
We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.
What Justice Gorsuch Fears
His concurring opinion in the tariffs case may become the Roberts Court’s most influential statement on how to prevent the steady accretion of executive power.
President Trump’s State of the Union Variety Show
Were you not entertained?
Gavin Newsom’s Father Issues
The California governor’s new memoir is dominated by a parent’s emotional distance.
What the Roberts Court Is Actually Trying to Accomplish
It’s not about Trump.
High-End Construction Really Does Help Everyone
A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb up.
The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem
How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
The Orality Theory of Everything
The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.
How the Supreme Court Spared America
The ruling against Trump’s tariffs is a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, rule of law, and millions of American consumers and businesses.