Recent articles
May 5, 2026
Column: Stop waiting for Trump's own words to take him down
The idea that one "hot mic" moment could tank a political career ended with the 2016 election.
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April 28, 2026
Column: Whenever political violence erupts, Washington starts playing the blame game
The hypocrisy of today's political rhetoric is bipartisan, fueling the idea that our opponents are existential enemies.
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April 21, 2026
Contributor: Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms
All of the cliches about how kids learn by doing are true. AI just removes the doing.
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April 14, 2026
Column: What the end of Viktor Orban means for the New Right
It's fine to say Orban lost because the Hungarian economy was a mess. But that mess stemmed from his own corruption.
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April 7, 2026
Trump is burning every bridge America had left
The president's antics may work domestically, but he's now loathed among elected allied leaders across Western Europe.
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March 31, 2026
Column: Trump never actually had a plan
There is no secret serious, detail-oriented Trump who is playing 4D chess with Iran. What we see is what we've got.
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March 17, 2026
Column: Paul Ehrlich was wrong about everything
The "Population Bomb" author prophesized that England would cease to exist by the year 2000, and that Americans born after World War II wouldn't live past 50.
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March 10, 2026
Contributor: Republicans aren't willing to call the war in Iran what it is
The last thing this Congress wants to do is take responsibility for anything.
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March 3, 2026
Column: Trump needs to get ready for the blowback
Everything unfolding in Iran depends on the consequences of one man's unilateral decision to launch a war.
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February 24, 2026
Column: The world may be done bending to Trump's will
Congress' failure to greenlight a war in Iran doesn't mean the president is free to launch one.
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February 17, 2026
Column: Marco Rubio is the only adult left in the room
The secretary of State's Munich speech was one JD Vance should have given, if the goal was to offer a serious argument about Trump's vision.
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February 10, 2026
Column: Voter ID shouldn't be this controversial
Last year, Pew found that 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats favored people providing government ID at the polls.
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