Matt Purple

The Canada truckers protest goes global — and it’s about more than just vaccines

The man who campaigned in a fleece vest has become a herald for the new post-Trump right

Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement and the left is ready to brawl over abortion

How can an elite hope to rule a society when they’re terrified of life itself?

His supposed anti-racism record is an empty fabrication, like so much of his presidency

Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew show that power corrupts, whether it’s self-made or hereditary

The president’s agenda looks as frozen as snowed-in Washington, DC

It was a stagnant year, though we did manage to tick off the French

For Joe Manchin, constituency was always going to trump ideology

The torching of the Fox News tree calls to mind a culture war gone by

He had something all too rare in today’s politics: a sense of humor

America’s politics and celebrity culture blur together yet again as a TV doctor runs for Senate

A new Covid variant arrives, but just how hysterical should we be?

By dealing in caricatures, they cause us to caricature each other. Then comes dinner

Paul Gosar gets censured as our legislative body focuses like a laser on what matters