In her landmark analysis of totalitarian regimes, Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “the banality of evil” to describe a deeply disturbing insight: great evil is not always committed by sadistic monsters. It can also be committed by ordinary people who stop thinking critically about what they are doing and conform to authority or routine. In […]
America is entering a new era in the fight against Alzheimer’s. For the first time, we have tools to detect the disease earlier and intervene when it matters most. Science is moving quickly, and our healthcare system now has the opportunity to speed those innovations to patients — but only if good policy paves the […]
California has spent years telling the rest of the country what good governance looks like. Now it is showing everyone what happens when voters refuse to accept change, no matter the results. The lesson is simple: In a state that is this committed to a particular ideological philosophy, failure is not grounds for reconsideration. It […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani loves promising things he has no power to carry out. From tax increases to free public transportation, the socialist keeps pretending he’s more than just a mayor. His vow to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no exception. After months of tough talk, Mamdani finally had to admit […]
I learned to read through turning the pages of the New Yorker. It was the cartoons and ads that hooked me, but after I grew fascinated by silent films, I always looked in the back of the magazine for its pages of faraway weekly screenings, my head full of dreams. Sixty years on, I remember that […]
Growing up in Australia, I never fully understood why Americans fought so fiercely for their rights. I knew, in theory, that rights mattered. But America’s arguments over the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and other constitutional freedoms often seemed excessive. It took living in Australia, watching how quickly a government can move when rights are […]
Economic expansions rarely announce themselves. Every great American economic boom has an opening act. They begin quietly, as thousands of entrepreneurs make investment and hiring decisions long before the headlines catch up. The challenge isn’t understanding that opening act afterward. It’s recognizing it while it unfolds. It begins with business owners deciding whether to invest […]
These “Patriotic Millionaires” are surely the most insufferable people on the planet. They regularly take out adverts, sign letters, and sponsor campaigns urging their governments to tax them more, thus indulging in a uniquely hideous blend of conspicuous consumption and virtue-signaling. “Look at me! I am both very rich and a public-spirited soul!” Like so […]
Gasoline prices fell temporarily during a cooling of tensions between the United States and Iran, but energy analysts argue that a decades-old federal mandate continues to push up fuel costs and the overall cost of living. Critics say Congress could repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard, but the program has survived thanks to the strength of […]
Have you seen The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s Iron Age blockbuster? I haven’t. Have you read it in the Greek original? Me neither. Petty details like that shouldn’t stop us from joining the culture-war combat about the movie. This is a democracy, not Odysseus’s Greece. Not that Odysseus called it Greece. But enough […]
Maine Democrats on Saturday are poised to announce their nominee to replace Graham Platner in the race to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Former state Sen. Troy Jackson is the likely pick. Platner withdrew his bid earlier this month following allegations of sexual abuse. Meanwhile, President Trump has issued warning after warning to Iran...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Friday echoed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) call for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of the foreign leader’s visit to the U.S. next week. “The American president should arrest Netanyahu or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in accordance with international law,” Khanna told MeidasTouch reporter...
As President Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran, signs are mounting that the U.S. military is preparing for a potential return to major military operations. But experts are skeptical that an intensified air strike campaign — even if it takes out bridges, water facilities and electricity plants — will break Tehran or force tough...
