Trump’s Unauthorized War
The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to mobilize the military—and for good reason.
Ideas
Don’t Call It ‘Intelligence’
Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine.
The Humiliation of J. D. Vance
Trump’s war with Iran shows that, within the administration, the vice president’s opinions matter less and less.
The American King Goes to War
This is not what the Founders intended.
The Dangerous Mismatch Between American Missiles and Iranian Drones
The United States has only so many expensive munitions to send after Iran’s cheap and plentiful arms.
This Joke Explains Iran Today
Dark humor is sometimes the most reliable weapon.
A Very Stable War
J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.
The Disappearing American Mortgage
Young and working-class people aren’t getting on the property ladder anymore.
‘America Doesn’t Want My Children or Grandchildren’
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
Trump Opens the Pandora’s Box of Assassination
Killing anyone without a trial, let alone a foreign leader, involves a moral choice.