Silver State voters should ask themselves if they want someone responsible for their state’s fiscal health who has such a troubling relationship with money.
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Was your church packed on Sunday? Well, of course it was. It […]
The global economy runs on fossil fuels, not renewable energy. The Iran war underscores the importance of oil in this regard. In the middle of February, two weeks before the war started, West Texas Intermediate oil, the United States’s benchmark, was trading at about $65 a barrel. On Monday, because of the Iran war and the […]
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran in alliance with Israel, a war which appears to be stalled as Trump seeks diplomatic off-ramps, is testing old partnerships for the United States. Our alliances can be fairly said to be in flux. But what makes a country a good ally? At a minimum, a good ally must […]
When George Orwell sat down in 1947 to prepare a preface to the first Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm, he produced a concise masterclass in personal and political biography. He whisks through his upbringing in British India; his education at Eton, “the most costly and snobbish of the English Public Schools”; his miserable service in […]
Advocates for the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, agenda are warning that the Republican Party will lose strength unless it shores up support from the health-focused voters credited with helping put President Trump back in the White House. Yet there are mounting signs that the MAHA-GOP alliance is on shaky ground — and they come as...
America's retirement savings crisis is unfolding in real time, and Congress must act quickly to pass the Auto Reenroll Act and the Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act to help more Americans stay on track and build real financial security.
Iranian officials on Tuesday urged their people to form human chains around power plants as the country faces a deadline set by President Trump to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or risk major strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure. The regime called on “all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors”...