Play Putin at his own game by ‘nightmaring’ his world order
Moscow yearns to carve up the world. But it will be a world where everybody’s knives come out
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Wednesday
Will Trump take a punt on Puntland?
The President thinks the lawless Somalian pirate state would be perfect for the Palestinians
How DEI destroyed itself
Trump has redirected the mighty regulatory powers of the civil-rights system against his political adversaries
The life of Karoline Leavitt
In contrast to her predecessors, the Press Secretary refuses to carry a binder of notes
‘Signalgate’ is another nothingburger
A crazed press are constantly looking for another Watergate
The war on Tesla
Elon Musk is driving the left crazy
Why is America so unhappy?
The causes of our discontent are complicated, but they’re rooted in our drift from traditional values
The Court of the Sun King
The MAGA set share the predilections and tax brackets of the people they criticize
Tuesday
Europe is its own worst enemy
The continent is still not listening to America
The Everything, Everywhere All at Once presidency
The administration now has the Supreme Court’s backing
Who really makes up the ‘Resistance?’
It was as though NPR had manifested itself in human form
Monday
Elon wants Trump to understand how a pencil gets made
Musk’s voice will become harder to ignore
Trump loves chaos. What happens when he loses control?
A strategy that started out last week as defensive has morphed into something that fluctuates between open-mindedness, doubling down and indifference
Who did Bill Ackman think he was electing?
The hedge-fund manager and his ilk allowed a state of affairs to develop that only someone like Donald Trump could rescue them from
There are other kinds of workers who want ‘dignity’
Just because your job involves a laptop, doesn’t mean you’re less of an American worker
Sunday
Trump’s ‘move fast and break things’ approach to crime could finally make DC safer
His ideas sure seem better than whatever we were doing before
Saturday
In defense of the Disney Adult
The animatronic children of ‘It’s a Small World’ made me cry
Friday
Trump is playing a high-stakes game of international poker
He is right to complain about tariff disparities and to do something about them
Proxy voting for new moms makes motherhood look like weakness
Plus, during Covid, it became a convenience – not a necessity – and was abused by those who didn’t want to show up
Has King Trump lost his jester?
What happens when the king tires of someone else having the spotlight?