San Francisco in decay
Somewhere on the rebound from the tough-on-crime 1990s, criminal law lost its teeth
Politics
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Wednesday
Tuesday
Francis Fukuyama does not read your tweets
‘I think it makes us lazy thinking about removing a statue, rather than creating a social policy that will materially improve conditions for marginalized groups’
The mock revolution of the elites
Progressive liberals get a psychic reward from incanting the right words
Get ready for Trump’s second term
Much depends on whose hands control each House of Congress
Monday
The lunacy of the ‘largely peaceful protest’
The media says one thing while also saying the opposite
The rise of homeschooling
Homeschools may no longer be old school thanks to COVID-19
On the ground in Manhattan after 9/11
Life in Manhattan, September 2001
Why Trumpism won’t outlive Trump
Unlike Reaganism, the nationalist agenda is backed by a diminishing electoral base
Sunday
Same old same old
Politics is less bedeviled by the age of the parties’ leaders than by the staleness of the parties’ programs
Friday
Obama’s disappearing legacy
What exactly did he achieve?
Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature
It’s actually surprising Trump isn’t farther behind Biden in the polls
Thursday
The Economist should be more like Walt Whitman
The paper’s election modeling betrays an undercurrent of anxiety
Wednesday
Gretchen Whitmer’s white fragility
The Michigan governor is mandating implicit bias training for healthcare workers during a pandemic. Why?
Tuesday
Biden’s comms director doesn’t hate women — but he does suck at his job
What would you expect from a Director of Strategic Communications?
The crumbling lawsuit against Fox News
The latest claims against the network are riddled with basic factual errors
Trump shouldn’t wear a mask
He ought to be taking a stand on this issue
What will Biden do?
Prepare for four more years of executive disappointment
Monday
Hell in Portland
Weeks of government-sanctioned mayhem in the Rose City
Where can patriotic Americans find America?
It is hard to identify safe spaces for those of us on the American right