As research on state abortion bans emerges, the national debate deflects from abortion’s moral permissibility and toward its raw outcomes. It’s a move to which the states’ rights framework lends itself. Birth rate data from 2023 are the principal lens through which to track changes since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. The […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is rebranding himself ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run to match what he thinks Democratic voters want. Judging by his new public persona, Walz thinks Democrats want an obnoxious jerk. Walz is on a “Told You So tour” as he positions himself as a Democratic presidential candidate. Like many Democrats […]
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s offensive against federal waste, fraud, and abuse has exposed the antics of agencies whose acronyms had previously been known to few people, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, with its slew of transgender and diversity programs, and the National Institutes of Health, funder of sex changes for […]
China’s tech startup DeepSeek charged onto the scene earlier this year, roiling markets and becoming a household name practically overnight. The performance and design efficiency of the company’s open-source artificial intelligence chatbot took many investors, security analysts, and Western policymakers by surprise. Indeed, it left many scratching their heads and wondering: Do we need to […]
The College Board—the maker of the SAT—is amassing an army of lobbyists across the country for one purpose: not to improve student outcomes, increase college access, or even promote its own test. No, the College Board is trying to defend its often state-sponsored testing monopoly from an upstart competitor a fraction of its size called […]
I still call myself a feminist, though I’m getting close to the end of my rope in doing so. For me, what it means, and has always meant, is that I believe in basic equality for women: We can vote, own property, get paid equally to men for equal work if we choose that path, […]
Will President Donald Trump finish the job in 72 hours of shock and awe? Iran’s war against the West, primarily against the United States and Israel but also against every country aligned with either the “big Satan” or “the little Satan,” began almost as soon as the shah of Iran was toppled by its first […]
United Nations officials remain in a panic about President Donald Trump’s budget cuts. For decades, the United States talked about reform and even took aim at its contribution to the U.N.’s budget, but most administrations used a scalpel. More populist politicians recommended taking a cleaver to U.N. bloat. Trump’s team comes armed with an axe in […]
I recently paid a visit to a nearby grocery store. A year ago, I helped build it. I was returning after a break of a few months. It’s time to pick up some shifts for the spring and summer seasons. I’ve worked seasonal, retail, and manual labor jobs my entire life. I’m also a journalist, […]
Just when Democrats thought they might finally gain momentum due to last week’s market downturn, a pair of dismal polls broadsided the blue team on Sunday. According to a new CNN poll, only 29% of the public holds a favorable view of the party, the lowest mark ever recorded by the poll. Driven by high […]
White House staffers sought to protect Ronald Reagan from his more “conservative instincts” — but speechwriter Tony Dolan rescued some of the president's most...
