No War but Culture War

The right holds political power, but for them that's never enough

There Must Be Retribution

Abolishing ICE isn't enough. So what is?

The Politics of Abolishing ICE

Some Democrats say it's not feasible - they're wrong.

The Moral Panic Machine in Minnesota

From a child care scandal to a state-sponsored murder

Bari Weiss Fulfills Her Destiny

Pants on FIRE

Greg Lukianoff's free speech organization can't admit to what they've done

The Pundits Were All Wrong

The Republican collapse has exposed elite pundits as clueless

Who's Afraid of The New York Times?

Zohran Mamdani's win shows the limits of the Grey Lady's influence

You Should Blame Merrick Garland

Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free

What's a Scandal Anymore?

On the media's failure to cover Trump's weaponization of the IRS

Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream

Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS

Your Mourning is Mandatory

Authoritarians need you to perform for them

Policy Can't Solve a Propaganda Problem

On immigration and everything else, pundits are missing the point

Why Are Liberals Cutting Off Their Conservative Family Members?

Are liberals too sensitive, or are conservatives too awful?

Is Activist Vocabulary Hurting the Democrats?

Third Way's latest memo has weak advice and a hidden agenda

The End of Information

Donald Trump doesn't need statistics because there is only one truth

The New York Times Puts An Asterisk On A Starving Child

The Times takes the bait on Israeli propaganda

You Can't Turn MAGA Against Trump

A movement founded in conspiracy won't be moved by facts

The Moral Panic Exception to the Constitution

A rule has emerged from the incoherence of the Supreme Court's recent decisions

The Triumph of the American Moron

Clarence Thomas's anti-trans concurrence is the culmination of right-wing anti-intellectualism

The Politics of Eternal Distraction

To some Democrats, everything Trump does is designed to distract you

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Homecoming

Trump brings Abrego Garcia home, but only in an effort to make his punishment official

Can The Federalist Society Survive Donald Trump?

For the conservative legal group, Trump presents an existential crisis

Democrats Can't Buy Themselves A Joe Rogan

The effort to replicate the right's influencer network is destined to fail

The Worst Things I've Read Lately

The inaugural edition of an occasional series