The DEI Catch-22
Columbia researchers believe their grants are being cut because of diversity components that were imposed by the federal government.
Ideas
There Are Two Kinds of Credit Cards
Yet another way the poor are subsidizing the rich
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
They’re Cheering for Trump in Moscow—Again
Russia, among other autocratic states, is surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Martí, and Radio Free Asia.
The Trump-Tariff Advice: Eat Less
The policy’s real message is “Tax my voters; enrich my donors.”
What the Border-Hawk Catholics Get Wrong
Critics of Pope Francis’s views on immigration are sidestepping a long-standing Catholic tradition—while claiming to uphold it.
The Political Fight of the Century
For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.
Diagramming the Pacific Circuit
In the Bay Area, as elsewhere, the working classes have seen their jobs go overseas and their neighborhoods become unaffordable.
Sex Without Women
What happens when men prefer porn?
‘What About Six Years of Friendship and Fighting Together?’
The stain of betrayal in Afghanistan is now on Republican hands.