If you want to be a pessimist, the worst economic news for President Donald Trump during his first full year back in the Oval Office is that the Federal Reserve cannot possibly justify slashing the interest rate charged by banks to borrow from each other overnight. If you want to be an optimist, you just […]
When it comes to “nationalizing” elections, both parties are constitutional purists until they are not. Federalism is treated as sacred, right up until it becomes an obstacle to winning elections. Then the Constitution’s Elections Clause is rediscovered, Congress suddenly has sweeping authority, and Washington, D.C., must step in to save democracy from the states. The […]
I may be one of the few people remaining on the planet to both maintain a landline telephone and to decline to avail myself of the alleged benefits of a smartphone. And there is nothing in the new invigorating, imaginative science-fiction comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die that leads me to reconsider my choices. […]
After seven decades of waiting in the shadow of Britain’s longest-reigning sovereign, King Charles III is learning first-hand a timeless Shakespearean warning — “heavy is the head that wears the crown.” It has been a rough reign for the King, whose time on the throne has been defined by illness, heartbreak, and royal scandal, culminating […]
The media find themselves once again under public scrutiny following dubious reports from legacy outlets about federal activity in Minnesota, devastating layoffs, and the news of a former CNN darling indicted by a federal grand jury. Those events come amid a troubling backdrop. Trust in the press hit a record low in October 2025 at […]
Democrats are hoping to make big gains in this year’s midterm elections by building on the momentum gathered last November as they seek control of Congress. But before Democrats can wipe away Republican congressional majorities and deal a blow to what remains of President Donald Trump’s legislative majority, they need to resolve a series of […]
Every four years, the world holds a curling tournament that most people refer to as “the Winter Olympics.” Yes, the ice dancers will dance, the ski jumpers will jump, and the double lugers will inexplicably stack on top of each other to hurtle down a track at 80 miles an hour. But in my house, […]
Once a generation, Hollywood produces a leading man whose face and eyes tell very different stories. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Irons, even Jimmy Stewart: Each wears beneath his movie star looks a bone-deep suggestion of depravity and decay. Two weeks ago, I would have said that Gen Y’s representative on the list was Robert Pattinson, the […]
It was once believed that new technologies — powerful cameras in phones, sophisticated yet intuitive digital editing tools, the internet itself — would transform Hollywood by liberating and empowering filmmakers, allowing them to shoot wherever and whenever they wanted, producing professional-quality material without depending on meddling studios to front the capital. “I’m very aware as […]
An unidentified person stole an ambulance from a hospital in Idaho and then purposely drove the vehicle into a building where the Department of Homeland Security was leasing offices on Wednesday. No people were reportedly injured in the attack in Meridian, Idaho, and the suspect is still at large. The Meridian Police Department said that […]
