The second and third words of the title of a new book from policy wonk and former Clinton Foundation and Democratic congressional hand Marc Dunkelman, Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back, make quite the assertion. Nothing works? Based on the results of last year’s presidential election, reams of polling showing […]
At the Hippocrates Wellness Resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, sick people spend small fortunes on a suite of exotic treatments: revitalizing lasers, crystal sound baths, hand-pressed wheatgrass shots, even something called colon hydrotherapy, “a natural method of removing waste from the large intestine without the use of drugs.” The on-site store provides a range […]
The broader job market has remained largely robust amid the Federal Reserve‘s monetary tightening, but you wouldn’t know it if you looked only at the latest headlines about the news media. MSNBC recently fired nearly 100 staffers across nine different shows, including progressive panjandrum Joy Reid, after CNN announced in January that it would cut […]
There was seemingly no end to the rhetorical indignities women suffered under the Biden administration. First, their federal government referred to them as “birthing people.” Then, they were “menstruators.” They have also been known as “people with vaginas” and other vulgar terms, reducing them to their parts and bodily functions. Under the Trump administration, women […]
Huey Pierce Long Jr. met an early demise nearly 90 years ago from an assassin’s bullet, but he remains an enduring figure in U.S. politics. A left-wing Democrat with a populist edge, he became a folk hero in Louisiana while serving as governor and senator and toying with an independent presidential run. He criticized Big […]
ExCeL London is a convention center by the Thames in what used to be the London docks. Once the busiest port in the world, it is now called Docklands, a regenerative marketing concept from the 1980s. The ExCeL could be anywhere, but it had to be here because it had to go somewhere, and nowhere […]
If you’ve ever blown out a transmission on a rural highway, had a rock puncture your radiator on a gravel road, or just gotten into an accident on an interstate, you know what a lifesaver tow trucks can be. But now, in the state once more synonymous with car driving than any other, tow trucks […]
It’s an old dark joke among Beltway conservatives and libertarians: A friend buys a condo on Capitol Hill or in Clarendon, and you say, “Congrats. But are you worried that Republicans will take over and the government will shrink?” Everyone has a hearty laugh. In the days of DOGE — the Department of Government Efficiency, […]
Like a lovers’ quarrel, Apple TV+’s Valentine’s Day release, The Gorge, is likely to split audiences into two mutually uncomprehending camps. For some, a hugely entertaining first hour will prove worth the price of admission, never mind the film’s outright disaster of a second half. Others, not without justice, will skip the climax and denouement altogether, so obviously […]
As someone deeply concerned about institutional corruption, much has been refreshing about Elon Musk’s merry band of DOGE barbarians laying waste to dubious federal programs and expenditures. Sure, the cuts are mainly symbolic window dressing that don’t particularly affect the government’s dire fiscal trajectory, but it’s the principle of the thing: over the years, endless […]
Do you miss the basketball point-shaving scandals of the 20th century? Well, they are making a comeback, courtesy of the widespread accessibility and normalized gambling culture brought on by mobile gambling apps. The Fresno State Bulldogs basketball team has had a historically bad season, with its longest losing streak, most losses (23 and counting), and […]
Imagine a government where citizens face limited autonomy, strict hierarchies, and personal monitoring by a superior, where a routine is mandated for those on the lower rungs of the social order to follow. In this system, supervisors operate with unchecked power, often issuing arbitrary orders that may change without notice or opportunity for appeal. Subordinates, […]
President Donald Trump owes his political success to many things, his personal skills as an entertainer and a negotiator high among them. But no factor explains the rise of Trump better than the capture of America’s elite institutions by far-left ideology and a resulting decline in public trust. Whether it is in higher education, organized […]
“You look great,” someone said to me last week. “Have you lost weight?” Which is always nice to hear, but it got me thinking. In the first place, I haven’t lost a pound, I assure you. I eat just as much bread as I always have, which is to say all the bread I can […]
