October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In early August, on a bluff above the ocean in Baja California, two of my favorite people took their wedding vows at dusk. Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Nearly four years into America’s learning-loss crisis, perhaps the biggest challenge facing the country’s schools is a basic one: getting students to show up. Rates of absenteeism have surged since the start of the pandemic, across nearly all regions, income levels and age groups. Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In recent days, the country has been subjected to a chilling preview of what MAGA rule would look like if Donald Trump returns to power, as America’s allies looked on in shock while its enemies had good reason to cheer. Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
An appeaser, as Winston Churchill memorably suggested, is someone who feeds a crocodile in hopes that it will eat him last. Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Years of broken promises, political reversals and obeisance to the GOP’s Trumpian elements finally caught up this week with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. By reneging on last May’s budget deal with President Joe Biden and on procedural promises to fellow Republicans, he angered both the Democrats and a crucial cadre… Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Beginning last fall, Donald Trump’s campaign has been on an effort to change the rules of the delegate selection process to make it easier — and faster — for the front-runner to lock up the nomination. Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The world’s human population is leveling off. Most projections show we’ll hit peak humanity in the 21st century, as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction. This is great news for the future of our species. Read story
October 5, 2023, 6:01am Columns
This month marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most dreadful pieces of legislation in American history. It was the Community Mental Health Act, signed by President John F. Kennedy on Halloween, Oct. 31, 1963. Read story
October 4, 2023, 6:01am Columns
It takes a lot to win a presidential debate, even the hot mess that Fox Business aired Wednesday night. But former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has done it twice now, breaking out from the crowded GOP field with clear, clean strikes on the flavor of the moment, entrepreneur Vivek… Read story
October 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The feds are coming after Google. In January, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the technology giant monopolized the lucrative space of digital advertising. A sure-to-be-exhaustive trial underway in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., is expected to last until November. Read story
