President Donald Trump’s latest scheme is to print his mug on a proposed $250 bill. The idea is eye roll- inducing, for sure. There are so many other pressing issues for the nation; it’s tempting to stay out of this dog fight. On the surface, Trump’s continued insistence to place his ...
In 2016, the conservative writer Mike Anton made a galvanizing case for Donald Trump in his famous “Flight 93” essay, arguing that the stakes in the contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were existential. His contention that a Clinton win would cement Democratic electoral ...
There has never been a product so much in demand . . . ever. Over 240 million smartphones are in use in America (I asked Siri). There were 84 million cars connected to the internet in 2012, and 305 million are expected to be connected to the internet by 2030 (again Siri). There are millions ...
Nearly everyone who is a college sports fan, myself included, knows the state of affairs in the NCAA is one fine mess. Especially regarding football and men’s basketball, the two major money-making sports. Elite and even above-average athletes have effectively become free agents selling ...
Politicizing health care — from vaccines to research and safety-net funding — has led to some dangerous changes in public health in this country. Among them is the surge in measles and whooping cough cases. Vaccine hesitancy fueled by intentional misinformation and disingenuous religious ...
The Democratic Socialists of America has a class problem that its own rhetoric is designed to obscure. Its rising stars — Zohran Mamdani, son of a Columbia professor and an acclaimed filmmaker; the Ivy-credentialed activists staffing progressive nonprofits; the heirs animating the ...