The ‘Mainstream Media’ Has Already Lost
The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.
Ideas
Bring Back the War Department
If you want a clear strategy for winning wars, don’t play a semantic game with the name of the department that’s charged with the strategy’s execution.
The American People Deserve DOGE
America has an efficiency problem, but Elon Musk is not the man to fix it.
Any Parent Would Have Done the Same
If pardoning Hunter Biden was politically improper or reputationally risky, it was also done in accordance with the higher and fiercer laws of familial love.
The Case Against Despair in Trump’s Second Term
David Cole, the former legal director of the ACLU, believes that civil society helped protect the Constitution before and will do so again.
RFK Jr. Is a Bellwether
Kennedy embodies several trends across politics, science, and society, which require careful attention to understand how America is changing
America’s Lonely Future
What happens when the nation takes a zero-sum approach to the world?
Musk and Ramaswamy Are Making a Big Mistake
They want to blame the bureaucrats, but they’re going to need those very same bureaucrats if they want to get anything done.
Misogyny Comes Roaring Back
Donald Trump will return to Washington flanked by an entourage intent on imposing its archaic vision of gender politics on the nation.
The Christian Case for Happy Holidays
Well wishes should be addressed in the broadest possible terms.