The best indicator of the waning influence of the WASP is that most people no longer know who the term refers to. Stripped to its barest terms, “white Anglo-Saxon Protestant” could mean anyone from an Appalachian bootlegger to a recently naturalized citizen who grew up in the Cotswolds. But these disparate figures, while white, of […]
This week, on a Zoom call with some colleagues, I told the group that I have been traveling around Europe and the Caucasus since May. One of my colleagues responded with a flattering shout. Wow! she said. You’re not just a tourist, you’re a traveler! Which was gratifying, of course, but also made a complicated […]
Teachers unions suffered yet another deserved but embarrassing defeat this week. In Arizona, the state Supreme Court found that not only did unions fail to submit enough valid signatures to get their anti-school-choice proposition on the fall ballot, but they also broke the law by hiring felons to collect signatures. This is just the latest […]
Trump faces a stronger North Korea with 50-70 nuclear weapons and a powerful new partner in Russia, leaving denuclearization increasingly out of reach.
Sen. John Fetterman rejected "AI doomsdaying" and echoed President Donald Trump's push for AI development, warning that U.S. overreaction could benefit China.
This weekend, social-media users were confronted with mawkish AI-powered mush that sought to transform gauzy ’80s nostalgia into monetizable engagement bait.
President Trump exercised his power over Washington on Monday, announcing that he'll "rescue" the nation's capital by deploying the National Guard and taking over the city's police department to combat crime and homelessness.
Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won't be released, a judge decided Monday.
President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets in the nation's capital.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is expected to visit the White House on Monday after President Trump called on him to resign from his post over his purported ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state to deny Republicans the quorum they need.
A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.
Trump federalizes Washington, D.C., police department and deploys National Guard, claiming the capital's murder rate exceeds cities like Bogota and Mexico City.
