Who’s watching DHS and ICE?
Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him,...
New protest art on National Mall takes aim at Trump and Epstein files
A massive replica of a birthday note and crude drawing signed with the typed name Donald J. Trump and a...
The Kennedy Center is not Hollywood. Does its leadership understand that?
Does good art need to be popular art to be worthwhile art? Vincent van Gogh’s sole sold painting suggests not....
The most alarming Trump quote yet
Asked recently by the New York Times whether there are any limits on his power, President Donald Trump responded, “Yeah,...
Uganda’s Big Man ‘wins’ again, but Africa remains ripe for change
When Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took power in January 1986, after decades of civil war and chaos, he promised fundamental...
Admitting there’s no affordability crisis is the first step to solving it
Zachary Karabell is an author and investor and writes “The Edgy Optimist” on Substack. The “affordability crisis” has become the...
Rich people are leaving California, inspired by tech founders’ online campaign
In late December, White House official and tech investor David Sacks made a cryptic poston X: “Message received,” he wrote,...
Pediatricians are disregarding the new vaccination schedule
Utah pediatrician Ellie Brownstein is used to encountering parents hesitant to get their child vaccinated. But after the Trump administration...
Gov. Shapiro, a top 2028 contender, recounts chat with Trump, beef with Harris in new book
In his new memoir, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro writes in deeply personal terms about the 2025 arson attack on his...
The Kennedy Center is not Hollywood. Does Ric Grenell understand that?
Does good art need to be popular art to be worthwhile art? Vincent van Gogh’s sole sold painting suggests not....
Trump’s Greenland threats convey a deeper assault
Simon Nixon writes the “Wealth of Nations” Substack newsletter, focusing on European political economy. It is hard to overstate the...
China’s one-child policy won’t go away
China’s birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record. In 2025 alone, according to official government data...
Trump is addicted to military force. Congress knows what is missing.
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that President Donald Trump, despite being a teetotaler, has an...
Why the same cold virus makes some people more miserable than others
When the common cold rips through a household, it can leave a wildly uneven path of symptoms. The same cold-causing...
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
BRUSSELS — In a message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his insistence on taking over Greenland to...
