The Absolute Worst Argument for Why Trump Won't Win

I'm routinely gobsmacked by how many people - including influential Democrats - tell me that they can't imagine a victory

Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own

Ibram X. Kendi has a notebook that prompts him, on every other page, to write down Things to be grateful

'Lock Her Up' Was Not Just a Slogan

A truism of the Trump era is that every accusation is a confession. When Donald Trump hurls wild charges at

Why Covid Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points

The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.

Holy Cow, 34 for 45!

WASHINGTON - At Nativity grade school, we grew up steeped in the lore - and gore - of martyrs. For

Donald Trump, Felon

And Now, a Real-World Lesson for Student Activists

The encampments have been cleared, campuses have emptied; protester and counterprotester alike have moved on to internships, summer gigs and

What if This Is Our Last Real Election?

Some of the Americans protesting the war in Gaza have turned on President Biden. They assert that the government of

How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024

Joe Perez is exactly the type of voter President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are fighting over: A 22-year-old Hispanic man in Las Vegas who grew up leaning Republican, he also supports abortion rights and was turned off by the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, 2021. But Perez - unenthusiastic about a Biden-Trump rematch, overwhelmed by the news and disillusioned by politics - is tuning out. If you ask me right now what's going on with, like, the presidential race, or the situation in G

Before Biden Sends Billions to Rural America

All that money is meaningless unless it reaches local communities.

How Should We Honor the Dead of Our Failed Wars?

About 10 years ago, as the war in Afghanistan was slowly, painfully winding down, I walked through Arlington National Cemetery

America Is Still Having a 'Vibecession'

If Donald Trump wins the election, the main reason will surely be that a majority of voters believe that America's

America Is Losing the Green Tech Race to China

On May 14, President Biden announced a major escalation of the country's emerging climate trade war with China, raising existing

When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter

How many of your acquaintances have been eaten by an immigrant who crossed the U.S. border illegally? How many such cases have you read or heard about?

Centrist Swing Voters Will Be Key Factor in 2024 Race

President Biden appears behind in all the swing states and his campaign appears all-too-focused on firming up his political base

Donnie After Dark

Stormy was working blue, and the judge was seeing red. Justice Juan Merchan chided Donald Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles, saying

A Way Back from Campus Chaos

Give Me Laundry Liberty or Give Me Death!

MAGA Republicans say that America is in crisis: The economy is collapsing while the nation is being overrun by hordes