Why is intelligence declining?
Over the past 20 years we’ve seen the intellectual degradation of both electorate and elected
Features
Tuesday
We shouldn’t downplay the risks of ADHD medication
Surely there are other – better – ways to help a child who is struggling at school than to accept medication as an easy option
The real battle for Europe
For the whole of its political history, the EU has been in harmony with the Democratic party
Has Trump’s Kennedy Center overhaul worked?
The center has seen half a century of American presidents come and go, each leaving their fingerprints on its marble halls
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr
The Dems have seized upon Garcia as a moral life jacket whose buoyancy they are counting on to save them
How the Blue Dogs have evolved
Their focus is less on the budget and more on representing the views of working-class voters
Why Trumpism won’t fix Clintonomics
The President likes cheap labor
Why Trump should put himself on the Supreme Court
There’s another office Trump could seek – one that affords as much protection from prosecution or assassination as the presidency does
Why cities have lost their appeal
Rather than signaling decay, the growth of suburban and exurban communities represents the cutting edge of 21st-century urbanism
Am I too Online?
It does not help that everything is political nowadays. Everything
‘Dark Woke’ is nothing new
How do you make a ‘dark’ version of an ideology whose guiding principle was ‘the more fanatical, the better?’
Is the AI boom already over?
Investors would be rash to bet against the US, and in particular its tech industry
A new map of the universe may turn gravity on its head
Einstein’s beautiful simplicity is under attack
Why won’t western scientists condemn Wuhan?
Science is packed with committees deciding on ethics… but there are few that decide whether it is safe
What happened to the great American IPO dream?
Just four years ago, for one intoxicating year, Wall Street was a neon-lit party
Wednesday
The 👊🇺🇸🔥 presidency
What will happen if the Trump administration stumbles into a war it wasn’t planning on?
My DC bunker
For more than 200 years the purpose of Washington has been to reward clout with office
Can the Democrats rediscover themselves in the age of Trump?
They are less powerful and less popular than at any point in recent history
The Democrats have a voter problem
Higher turnout wouldn’t have saved the party in 2024
Where did Kamala most underperform in 2024?
Plus: a history of misguided pollsters