How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Ideas
The Terminally Online Are in Charge Now
Prepare for government by meme.
Pardon Trump’s Critics Now
President Biden has a moral obligation to do what he can for patriotic Americans who have risked it all.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
AI Can Save Humanity—Or End It
The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we need to ensure that it doesn’t kill us off.
The HR-ification of the Democratic Party
The party of norms, procedure, bureaucracy, DEI initiatives, rule following, language policing, and compliance
The Cost-of-Living Crisis Explains Everything
The economy under Biden looked good but felt bad.
In Praise of Clarity
There is no ambiguity here.
The Trump-Whim Economy Is Here
Expectations of who will gain, and who will lose, from the president-elect’s second term are already moving markets.
Democrats Deserved to Lose
They have tried to do a zillion different things and done them badly, at great expense.