13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (384+ words) In October 2020, from inside the White House, I stopped attending the Coronavirus Task Force meetings. I wrote to the vice president’s office in frustration that I had no time to spend teaching people who were “refractory to facts.” I did…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (204+ words) Not much. I am not seeing the Talaricomania. Campaign signs aren’t determinative, but they’re not nothing. They are simply part of the body of evidence that I’m seeing here on the ground in the Lone Star State that this whole…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (606+ words) This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on the Clarity Act, which would create federal guidelines for digital assets and establish sensible regulation to help the industry sustain future growth. This will enable the next generation of financial innovation to prosper…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) Trump has used increased tariffs to incentivize a surge in foreign investment commitments of over 20 trillion dollars flowing into the United States. Instead of subsidizing other countries by paying their tariffs, companies and countries are building factories here to avoid…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (579+ words) There’s an episode of 30 Rock from many years ago where Jack, played by Alec Baldwin, explains vertical integration to Liz, played by Tina Fey. He asks her to imagine if a corn chip manufacturer also sold diarrhea medication. When Liz…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (611+ words) We just had the first “mid-term convention.” Do you remember anything from it? Maybe President Trump’s promise to send every adult a $5,000 check if Republicans win, but that's about it. And we all know that is never going to happen,…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (903+ words) This 25th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil may be as good an occasion as any to pay a moment’s attention to the subject of patriotism. As the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre correctly noted, patriotism, first and…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (657+ words) Iran is facing two very different leadership stories. On September 6, as Iran’s ruling system struggled to project unity at the top, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) marked the start of its 62nd year of founding by choosing a…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1122+ words) Here's a number that should stop you cold: according to a Quinnipiac University poll of 895 Pennsylvania voters taken July 9 to 13, Sen. John Fetterman posts a 77 percent approval rating with the state's Republicans and a 19 percent approval rating with the Democrats…...